>>51542336Predator defense, similar prey, and even way more obscure shit can lead to convergent evolution, not just environment. Convergent evolution can happen as a result of the same kinds of selective pressure that drive regular old ordinary evolution. Example- bats and toothed whales, despite being very distantly related and having very different body plans, converged on echolocation. They do it very differently, but their hearing changed almost identically on a genetic level. This convergence happened despite having zero environmental similarity. It seems like a lot of anons here have a pretty narrow idea of what convergent evolution is
