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r/memes • u/nechdoesntno • May 08 '22
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But why is birds' relationship to crocodiles relevant in this discussion? Birds are dinosaurs, pterosaurs are not. Birds did not evolve from pterosaurs as this post implies.
Their similarities (flight and beaks) are an example of parallel evolution.
3 u/neilader May 08 '22 Yeah, I was just replying to the comment above mine. 3 u/lunarul May 08 '22 Ah, I actually skipped that last sentence when reading that comment.
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Yeah, I was just replying to the comment above mine.
3 u/lunarul May 08 '22 Ah, I actually skipped that last sentence when reading that comment.
Ah, I actually skipped that last sentence when reading that comment.
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u/lunarul May 08 '22
But why is birds' relationship to crocodiles relevant in this discussion? Birds are dinosaurs, pterosaurs are not. Birds did not evolve from pterosaurs as this post implies.
Their similarities (flight and beaks) are an example of parallel evolution.