evolution is so stupid sometimes. did you know whales’ ancestors were not only land animals but also looked like funky deers? fur and all included & they share that ancestor with hippos
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FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 3 days agoNot even close to cannibalism. And yes, it would be much more like humans and cows because ‘bird’ is as broad a category as ‘mammal.’ Some predatory birds only eat other birds.
shneancy@lemmy.world 3 days ago
wjrii@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Squid actually posted something about this on !science@lemmy.world a week or so ago. If I didn’t quite fall down the rabbit hole of cetacean evolution, I at least tripped over it.
shneancy@lemmy.world 2 days ago
nice! :D glad the silly facts of evolution are getting attention
RizzRustbolt@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Don’t forget “SON OF CARCINIZATION 5: THE REVENGENSING!”
Skullgrid@lemmy.world 3 days ago
makes sense, thanks for the information!
jaybone@lemmy.world 2 days ago
I’m having flashback to that jackdaw guy on reddit.
oyfrog@lemmy.world 2 days ago
A crow eating chicken and a human eating beef are actually really good parallels. Crows and chicken are 91 million years diverged while cows and humans 94 million years diverged.
FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Cool! TIL!