The joke is simply that cow tools would be ineffective.
The joke isn’t clear in this cartoon until one recalls the idea of metamorphosis in insects.
“To this day, this “purpose” doesn’t stick out immediately to the viewer.
This effect, described by Gary Larson as the"What-the?
Here, the story is acting like easy enough to comprehend.
In this cartoon, a shark stares at his reflection in the mirror as remoras dangle from his chest.
The caption vaguely describes this image as"the heartbreak of remoras”.
For those wondering what the joke is, it requires a bit of a history lesson.
(Let’s just call it “quiet humor,” okay?)
Because “home” to these creatures is anywhere that is comfortably below tide.