Opisthokont Memes

Behold! Two kingdoms of life casually hanging out in the forest! The meme brilliantly captures the taxonomic joke that humans (Metazoa) and mushrooms (Fungi) are both opisthokont organisms - meaning we're actually closer evolutionary cousins than plants are to either of us! That mushroom forager doesn't realize he's basically having a family reunion! The evolutionary tree of life is WILD, folks - we share a common ancestor with mushrooms that had flagellated cells about a billion years ago. Next time you eat a mushroom, remember you're practically eating your very distant cousin! 🧬🍄