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xkcd #3204: Dinosaurs And Non-Dinosaurs

Title text:

Staplers are actually in Pseudosuchia, making them more closely related to crocodiles than to dinosaurs.

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Source: https://xkcd.com/3204/

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[–] GraniteM@lemmy.world 63 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (2 children)

Fuck that, I've been in close proximity to ostriches and emus and they one hundred percent seem like dinosaurs.

[–] TwodogsFighting@lemdro.id 37 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] GraniteM@lemmy.world 38 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

The cassowary was the only thing in the zoo that Steve Irwin seemed a little bit scared of. There's an episode where the cassowary got loose and he immediately stopped joking around and told all the keepers to go get the shields to corral it back into its pen. I wouldn't dream of fucking around with a cassowary.

[–] Cort@lemmy.world 15 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Lol I always imagined cassowaries as the armor division in the emu war.

[–] rockerface@lemmy.cafe 8 points 2 weeks ago

Heavy tactical infantry

[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 5 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

they are "tropical emu", australia used to have "demon ducks" somewhat relatives of anseriformes(ducks, geese,swans)

[–] Ferroto@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

Now I see why Australia fought and lost a war against them.