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The ecology and behavior of "benthic santas" (putative taxon <em>Abyssosanta bathytroglodyta</em>) may have been [<em>ahem</em>] profoundly different from the extant species. The clues are few, but they support the hypothesis that <em>A. bathytroglodyta</em> sought out chimney-like structures and other crevices for shelter and food, to which they were perhaps guided by a symbiosis with <em>Rangiferpisces rubrum</em>, the red-antlered reindeerfish. Predation pressure from hydrothermal vent chimney mimics (<em>Nigroventus abyssosantavorus</em>) would have driven <em>A. bathytroglodyta</em> to the surface. In a possible analogy, the Atlantic clawed lobster, <em>Homarus americanus</em>, initially a deep-water species, was driven to the intertidal zone by predation from <em>Gadus gadus</em> (cod) and other large fish - only to be confronted with intolerable predation pressure from humans, to which they eventually adapted. By this model, the modern Santa (<em>Santa donator</em>) evolved from its precursor species under strong human selection pressure. At least <em>S. donator</em> was, from its precursor's traits, preadapted for a high-pressure existence, and for the cold and dark of the Arctic. [[Special:Contributions/172.70.214.80|172.70.214.80]] 16:51, 26 December 2023 (UTC) | The ecology and behavior of "benthic santas" (putative taxon <em>Abyssosanta bathytroglodyta</em>) may have been [<em>ahem</em>] profoundly different from the extant species. The clues are few, but they support the hypothesis that <em>A. bathytroglodyta</em> sought out chimney-like structures and other crevices for shelter and food, to which they were perhaps guided by a symbiosis with <em>Rangiferpisces rubrum</em>, the red-antlered reindeerfish. Predation pressure from hydrothermal vent chimney mimics (<em>Nigroventus abyssosantavorus</em>) would have driven <em>A. bathytroglodyta</em> to the surface. In a possible analogy, the Atlantic clawed lobster, <em>Homarus americanus</em>, initially a deep-water species, was driven to the intertidal zone by predation from <em>Gadus gadus</em> (cod) and other large fish - only to be confronted with intolerable predation pressure from humans, to which they eventually adapted. By this model, the modern Santa (<em>Santa donator</em>) evolved from its precursor species under strong human selection pressure. At least <em>S. donator</em> was, from its precursor's traits, preadapted for a high-pressure existence, and for the cold and dark of the Arctic. [[Special:Contributions/172.70.214.80|172.70.214.80]] 16:51, 26 December 2023 (UTC) | ||
:<applause />[[Special:Contributions/162.158.33.141|162.158.33.141]] 17:57, 26 December 2023 (UTC) | :<applause />[[Special:Contributions/162.158.33.141|162.158.33.141]] 17:57, 26 December 2023 (UTC) | ||
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By my theory, if Black Smokers are responsible for drawing in Benthic Santas, and removing them from the ocean, White Smokers are where Pelagic Popes spontaneously spawn from. Whether the two phenomena are directly connected (e.g. mass-for-mass) requires further study. [[Special:Contributions/141.101.99.34|141.101.99.34]] 21:34, 26 December 2023 (UTC) | By my theory, if Black Smokers are responsible for drawing in Benthic Santas, and removing them from the ocean, White Smokers are where Pelagic Popes spontaneously spawn from. Whether the two phenomena are directly connected (e.g. mass-for-mass) requires further study. [[Special:Contributions/141.101.99.34|141.101.99.34]] 21:34, 26 December 2023 (UTC) |