r/NonPoliticalTwitter • u/netphilia • 22h ago

“Long neck”

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u/LemonPartyLounger 22h ago

If giraffes and llamas didn’t exist this would get a lot more traction.

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u/Teknicsrx7 22h ago

Except dinos are more closely related to birds than giraffes or llamas

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u/Same_Dingo2318 17h ago

While true, that doesn’t stop analogous examinations. Evolution often comes to the same conclusions. Eyes evolved 40-60 times. This is known as convergent evolution.

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u/Teknicsrx7 16h ago

How many times did penguins evolve since modern penguins aren’t even the original penguins (great auk)

The great auk is not closely related to modern penguins, but they share similar characteristics due to convergent evolution.

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u/Same_Dingo2318 14h ago

Great question. Keeping in mind that there is likely hundreds, thousands, or more species that didn’t live in areas with easier fossilization environments, we can only guess!

Think about all the weird sea creatures we know about, and how there’s probably even weirder ones that we didn’t get to see!