m_f@discuss.onlineM to Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal@discuss.onlineEnglish · 3 days agoTaxonomy (2026-07-27)discuss.onlineimagemessage-square2linkfedilinkarrow-up151arrow-down11file-text
arrow-up150arrow-down1imageTaxonomy (2026-07-27)discuss.onlinem_f@discuss.onlineM to Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal@discuss.onlineEnglish · 3 days agomessage-square2linkfedilinkfile-text
http://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/taxonomy-2 Alt text The key is to keep saying ‘strictly speaking’ over and over. Bonus panel
minus-squarecattywampaslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·3 days agoChickens are dinosaurs in the same way that all vertebrates are fish or trees don’t exist. Which is to say it’s true in a certain taxonomical context, but not really for practical reasons.
minus-squaresouthsamurai@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 days agoYou’ve never been stalked by an angry hen. If you had, you would not doubt they are living dinosaurs, and true apex predators
Chickens are dinosaurs in the same way that all vertebrates are fish or trees don’t exist. Which is to say it’s true in a certain taxonomical context, but not really for practical reasons.
You’ve never been stalked by an angry hen. If you had, you would not doubt they are living dinosaurs, and true apex predators