fossilesque@mander.xyzM to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · 1 month agoWonder what their cousins liked to snack on...mander.xyzexternal-linkmessage-square50fedilinkarrow-up1520
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minus-squareCarbonIceDragon@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up24·1 month agoFunny thing about crocodilians, they look a bit lizardy, but theyre closer to birds than they are to lizards
minus-squareZagam@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·1 month agoYeah, in think I remember them not being lizards but something close, right? The other part of my comment is still true though.
minus-squareangrystego@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 month agoI think “overgrown lizard” is perfectly acceptable. You’re referring to their form, not ancestry ;)
minus-squareMonkderVierte@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 month agoThey also taste like chicken, apparently.
minus-squareSwedneck@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·26 days agoAfaik it’s more comparable to turkey, because of their lifestyle and whatnot. I think ostrich is another close comparison
Funny thing about crocodilians, they look a bit lizardy, but theyre closer to birds than they are to lizards
Yeah, in think I remember them not being lizards but something close, right?
The other part of my comment is still true though.
I think “overgrown lizard” is perfectly acceptable. You’re referring to their form, not ancestry ;)
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They also taste like chicken, apparently.
Afaik it’s more comparable to turkey, because of their lifestyle and whatnot.
I think ostrich is another close comparison