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• abbadon420@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  So are chickens and I can anecdotaly confirm that they lead very cozy lives. Mostly due to me pamperin them a lot.

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  • sbeak@sopuli.xyz ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    our robot overlords will pamper us as much as I pamper my chickens

    Unfortunately for us humans, the majority of chickens live in horrible conditions in large corporate farms. Should the robots ever start to take over, I hope by that time we will be treating other species better, else they learn from us!

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• HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  No they’re not

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• scutiger@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I hate how people say birds are literally dinosaurs. That’s like saying homo erectus are still alive today.

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  • arctanthrope@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    dinosaurs are a group that includes the subgroup of birds. most dinosaurs are extinct, but birds still exist

    homo erectus is a single species within the group known as hominins. most hominins are extinct, but homo sapiens still exists

    apples are fruits. I like apples, but that doesn’t mean I like every kind of fruit

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    • scutiger@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

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  • Zink@programming.dev ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I have watched the simulated running of various dinosaur species in documentaries such as Jurassic Park.

    I have also watched my chickens excitedly run around my back yard.

    There is nothing you can say that will convince me birds are not literally dinosaurs.

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  • sbeak@sopuli.xyz ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    As for birds being dinosaurs, you also have a lot of physical similarities too! The feet of non-avian dinosaurs are similar to those of modern birds with hollow bones, and I think the skulls were similar in shape too. Recently, we have also found evidence of some dinosaurs being feathered. There is also evidence of bird-like behaviours in some dinosaurs, like brooding (e.g. a hen sitting on some eggs) and herding (grouping together)

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  • sbeak@sopuli.xyz ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Too bad, now you, me, and everyone is a fish. All the tetrapods were originally descended from fish (technically, the ancestor to the modern kind of fish), meaning we are closer to bony fish than sharks are!

    Mammals, reptiles, dinosaurs (and by extension birds), and amphibians are all FISH!

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