• commie@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      1 year ago

      “spiders have evolved to produce webs. evolutionary pressures have favored species which produce webs that are safe for the organism and effective at trapping enough prey to maintain the life and reproductive cycles of the organism.”

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        1 year ago

        That feels much more formal to me. Definitely not incorrect, but not how I’d explain it casually to someone.

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          1 year ago

          devoid of context, your phrasing might be fine. in this context, precision is important for us to focus on the actual issue.

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            1 year ago

            I don’t really think “milk customized for a calf” makes much of a difference for the point OP was making. Sorry, if this was kind of a waste of time, I just love that milk changes composition based on the baby’s situation and then got really interested in the linguistic limits of “design.”