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minus-squareBodyBySisyphus [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 days agoAny explanation for why there was similar convergent evolution toward goofy names? C’mon, numbat, mongoose, sloth bear, aardvark, pangolin, echidna? No way that’s coincidence.
minus-squareEphera@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 days agoI guess, they’d have a tendency to look goofy, so they can stick their snouts into ant hills, and then we might’ve named them accordingly?
Any explanation for why there was similar convergent evolution toward goofy names? C’mon, numbat, mongoose, sloth bear, aardvark, pangolin, echidna? No way that’s coincidence.
I guess, they’d have a tendency to look goofy, so they can stick their snouts into ant hills, and then we might’ve named them accordingly?