this post was submitted on 08 Sep 2023
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[–] AssaultRifle15@hexbear.net 24 points 2 years ago (2 children)

You can see the dino-ancestry of birds if you look at a chicken's feet.

[–] Nakoichi@hexbear.net 21 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] AcidSmiley@hexbear.net 10 points 2 years ago

Honestly, cassowaries are just evolution doing ornithomimosauria all over again.

[–] SorosFootSoldier@hexbear.net 8 points 2 years ago

His hands looked like this pray-against so yours could look like this:

[–] NephewAlphaBravo@hexbear.net 19 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

crocodiles are more closely related to birds than they are to other reptiles

[–] AcidSmiley@hexbear.net 12 points 2 years ago (1 children)

croc-pog Archosaur gang archosaur gang bird-bouncy

[–] Bay_of_Piggies@hexbear.net 3 points 2 years ago

It's why they've reclassified reptiles, birds, crocodiles and dinosaurs under one new grouping replacing reptiles. Reptiles as a grouping excluding birds doesn't really make sense if crocodiles are closer to dinosaurs and reptiles.

[–] drinkinglakewater@hexbear.net 14 points 2 years ago

That dinosaur is trying to use the microwave to unlock time travel and bring more dinosaurs

[–] SorosFootSoldier@hexbear.net 11 points 2 years ago

birb...attack!

[–] HiImThomasPynchon@hexbear.net 10 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Ever wonder if dinosaurs displayed the same weird behavioral traits birds do?

[–] UlyssesT@hexbear.net 6 points 2 years ago

T-Rex was a gigantic cockatoo that made weird sounds and twerked while on the hunt. party-parrot

[–] tree@lemmy.zip 6 points 2 years ago
[–] Teekeeus@hexbear.net 3 points 2 years ago

Have you ever been near a large flock of birds? They're terrifying

[–] DavidGarcia 2 points 2 years ago

you're basically the hagfish of reptiles