Hips Don't Lie

Comments

• Soup@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  According to Wikipedia that is because the bird-hipped ones looked like modern birds and the names came before we realized the error.

  Hooray!

  source

  • Zachariah@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    The real facts are the ones we met along the comments.

    source

    • theneverfox@pawb.social ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      The comments in a healthy social network are the only way to get near the truth at this point. I read the comments before the article at this point

      source
  • snooggums@midwest.social ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Dinosaur translates to “terrible lizard” so retaining outdated terminology is pn brand.

    source

    • Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      To be fair, some of them were pretty damn terrible!

      source

      • -> View More Comments
  • lugal@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Was it before we know birds were related to dinosaurs at all? And while we’re at it: when did we find that out?

    source
• skillissuer@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  yet another unrealistic body standard smh

  source
• lugal@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  If this doesn’t convince you that it’s all fake, I don’t know what will
  c/birdsarentreal

  source

  • marcos@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Wait, does that extend to dinosaurs?

    source

    • lugal@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      At least to the bird hipped

      source
• Kolanaki@yiffit.net ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Would you rather have lizard lips or lizard hips?

  source

  • swab148@startrek.website ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Yes

    source
• Xanthrax@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Clint’s Reptiles had a good video on this.

  source
• propter_hog@hexbear.net ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Why is it called bird hipped then? Why not like stegosaurus hipped or something?

  source

  • Tolookah@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Saving that change for a year when they don’t have any other text book updates

    source