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minus-squaredriving_crooner@lemmy.eco.brlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up28arrow-down3·19 hours agoThey always use mammals for that kind of comparison. Show me a reptile with that kind of muscle/fat composition.
minus-squarehector@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down3·13 hours agoDinosaurs were not reptiles. They were warm blooded, and birds descended from them.
minus-squareabir_v@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·4 hours agoBirds are reptiles. Commonly, we wouldn’t say so, but they’re in the same clade. The avians are closer related to the crocadilians than the crocs are to other reptiles like the squamates - lizards and snakes.
minus-squareShinkanTrain@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17arrow-down2·edit-218 hours agoThe phylogenetic definition of reptile includes birds, so… Penguins, I suppose?
minus-squarelengau@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16·17 hours agoBirds? You mean the last remaining dinosaurs?
They always use mammals for that kind of comparison. Show me a reptile with that kind of muscle/fat composition.
Dinosaurs were not reptiles. They were warm blooded, and birds descended from them.
Birds are reptiles. Commonly, we wouldn’t say so, but they’re in the same clade. The avians are closer related to the crocadilians than the crocs are to other reptiles like the squamates - lizards and snakes.
The phylogenetic definition of reptile includes birds, so… Penguins, I suppose?
Birds? You mean the last remaining dinosaurs?