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[–] Skasi@lemmy.world 6 points 5 months ago (2 children)
[–] tilefan@lemm.ee 18 points 5 months ago (1 children)

no, but alligators and puffin.

my basic understanding is that people wrote intentionally advantageous descriptions of the animals when submitting them to the Vatican for approval or something. like they just stressed how much time the animal spends in water and not much else, and the pope wrote back saying "yeah that's okay"

[–] zombyreagan@lemm.ee 12 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Iirc the capybara thing was a special dispensation to help out indigenous tribes in south America

[–] TheDoozer@lemmy.world 15 points 5 months ago (1 children)

"God makes an exception for you and your group, specifically."

[–] Honytawk@lemmy.zip 5 points 5 months ago

So they are ... God's chosen people?

[–] Annoyed_Crabby@monyet.cc 10 points 5 months ago (2 children)
[–] Shardikprime@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago

How do you know ducks are witches?

[–] troglodytis@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago

Who are you, so wise in the ways of science?