r/interestingasfuck 29d ago

/r/all Chick with genetic defect

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u/DizzyGlizzy029 29d ago

Nope, birds ARE dinosaurs. Not related. Most people actually don't know this lol

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u/pseudoHappyHippy 29d ago

And by extension there is no cladistically valid way to define reptiles without including the birds. Alligators are literally closer in relation to penguins than they are to lizards, or any other reptile for that matter.

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u/ryan77999 29d ago

Evolution is funny like that. Like how whales are closer to humans than they are to fish

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u/Hc_Svnt_Dracons 29d ago

You will probably love Clint's Reptiles: Animal Phylogenies. He goes over every clade he can from extinct to extant.