#2418: Metacarcinization
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[White Hat and Cueball are walking together. White Hat has his smartphone out in his hand.]
White Hat: Have you seen this video of a crow sledding on a roof?
Cueball: Yeah! It's always cool to see animals using tools.
Cueball: Like how sea otters use rocks to open crab shells.
Cueball: Hey, did you know the "crab" body plan has evolved multiple times?
[Caption below the panel:]
Regardless of the starting topic, any conversation with me eventually converges to carcinization.
(Sourced from explainxkcd.com)
Title text:Scientists still don't know how marine biologists manage to so consistently bring up whalefall ecosystems, when relevant conversational openings are so few and far between.