I am never gonna finish the seating chart for this fucking banquet
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Enkrod@feddit.org 1 day agoKestrels and falcons are each others closest relatives.
Both are more closely related to parrots than to kites hawks and eagles. In fact falcons are more closely related to tits than to hawks. But tits are more closely related to parrots than to falcons. Fuck, eagles and hawks are more closely related to woodpeckers than to falcons.
Bird cladistics is wild!
spinne@sh.itjust.works 19 hours ago
lividweasel@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Where can I subscribe for more facts about tits and peckers?
Enkrod@feddit.org 20 hours ago
Clints Reptiles for more interesting cladistic facts. youtu.be/7xv3NLGO5do
or Ze Frank for: Wow, look at those boobies! youtu.be/oGdVSvsiaOk and New Caledonian Crows don’t have the right peckers. youtu.be/B-HF-wBwQsc
spankinspinach@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
I’ve learned today I know nothing about avian evolution. I’m now classified as “amateur bird watcher”, only slightly higher than “I think that’s a pigeon”