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Re:What modern animals would look like if we drew them in th... by autokad on Tuesday July 13, 2021 @04:23PM (#27825829)
birds are NOT dinosours. they are descended from them. as far as I know, there were no birds during their time.
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Re:What modern animals would look like if we drew them in th... by abc_lisper on Tuesday July 13, 2021 @06:02PM (#27826827)
Hmm.. That’s not true. There were birds then. And a lot of dinosaurs that look like birds. https://twitter.com/serpenillus/status/1226553777983016960?s...

Edit: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evolution_of_birds

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Re:What modern animals would look like if we drew them in th... by LinAGKar on Wednesday July 14, 2021 @01:46PM (#27835926)
Dinosaurs is a clade, which by definition includes a species and all its descendants. You can't outgrow your ancestry.
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