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minus-square@angrystego@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish2•5 months agoThey are called sea cows, but they’re really sea elephants? I hope I’m not terribly wrong.
minus-squareWIZARD POPE💫linkfedilinkEnglish1•5 months agoWhy elephants? I mean whales are not cows just by looking at what they eat. In that way manatees eating mostly sea plants are closer to being cows. Are they not?
minus-squareshuzukolinkfedilinkEnglish3•5 months agoI think it’s a joke about manatees having evolved from the same land-based ancestor as elephants, making them pretty literally “sea elephants”.
minus-squareWIZARD POPE💫linkfedilinkEnglish3•5 months agoInteresting. Just like the actual closest living relative to the elephant looks like a malnourished beaver
minus-square@angrystego@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish3•5 months agoYes, I was referring to the evolutionary aspects, not the ecological ones :)
They are called sea cows, but they’re really sea elephants? I hope I’m not terribly wrong.
Why elephants? I mean whales are not cows just by looking at what they eat. In that way manatees eating mostly sea plants are closer to being cows. Are they not?
I think it’s a joke about manatees having evolved from the same land-based ancestor as elephants, making them pretty literally “sea elephants”.
Interesting. Just like the actual closest living relative to the elephant looks like a malnourished beaver
Yes, I was referring to the evolutionary aspects, not the ecological ones :)