Little_mouse

@Little_mouse@lemmy.ca

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Subsets are a thing in biology as well.⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Linnaean taxonomy classifies apes and monkeys as two closely related groups. This is the classification system most people are taught in grade school.

  Cladistics is a style of classification that seeks to organize species and groups of species from when they branched off of other groups of species. In this style, everything is defined by novel features, but they are still members of the more ancient clade. Birds for instance, would be a novel clade emerging from Dinosaurs, and thus all birds are also dinosaurs, but not all dinosaurs are birds.

  Because there are two groups of monkeys with unique characteristics (new world and old world), and apes have unique adaptations not found in either group, we have no way of cladistically defining a monkey in a way that meaningfully does not also include apes.

  As a side note, this is where the phrase “there is no such thing as a fish” comes from. ‘Fish’ in the Linnaean sense are a huge and diverse category. Two random members of the fish class would likely be far, far more distantly related than a random mammal and a random reptile.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  aquamodesta.com www.splashgearusa.com Are some options for people who don’t want clothing that is skintight and revealing. I’ve very occasionally seen brands like this at box stores. But the vast majority of time if you want something that isn’t skin tight you have to get shorts designed for men and some sort of sports top with a shirt. Yes. Baggy clothing isn’t optimal for swimming, and trunks will tend to stick awkwardly anyway, but a lot of guys would feel uncomfortable if speedoes were the only option. I know I would. It’s a double standard plain and simple.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Are there more secure pin backs other than the subpar butterfly ones most pins come with?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

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  These style of pin backs need to be pulled in order to release the pin. I’ve used them on my daily bag and work coat for years without issue.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨When Humans Use Water for Something, Is it Gone For Good or Does It Return To the Water Cycle?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  You don’t even need to go that far. Water used in concrete is locked in as a structural component. That’s why concrete is described as ‘setting’ instead of just ‘drying’.