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minus-squareWIZARD POPE💫linkEnglish1•1 month agoWhy elephants? I mean whales are not cows just by looking at what they eat. In that way manatees eating mostly sea plants are closer to being cows. Are they not?
minus-squareshuzukolinkfedilinkEnglish3•1 month agoI think it’s a joke about manatees having evolved from the same land-based ancestor as elephants, making them pretty literally “sea elephants”.
minus-squareWIZARD POPE💫linkEnglish3•1 month agoInteresting. Just like the actual closest living relative to the elephant looks like a malnourished beaver
minus-square@angrystegolinkEnglish3•1 month agoYes, I was referring to the evolutionary aspects, not the ecological ones :)
Why elephants? I mean whales are not cows just by looking at what they eat. In that way manatees eating mostly sea plants are closer to being cows. Are they not?
I think it’s a joke about manatees having evolved from the same land-based ancestor as elephants, making them pretty literally “sea elephants”.
Interesting. Just like the actual closest living relative to the elephant looks like a malnourished beaver
Yes, I was referring to the evolutionary aspects, not the ecological ones :)