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minus-squareSoup@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·16 days agoAccording to Wikipedia that is because the bird-hipped ones looked like modern birds and the names came before we realized the error. Hooray!
minus-squareZachariah@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·16 days agoThe real facts are the ones we met along the comments.
minus-squaretheneverfox@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·16 days agoThe comments in a healthy social network are the only way to get near the truth at this point. I read the comments before the article at this point
minus-squaresnooggums@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-216 days agoDinosaur translates to “terrible lizard” so retaining outdated terminology is on brand.
minus-squareViking_Hippie@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·16 days agoTo be fair, some of them were pretty damn terrible!
minus-squarei_love_FFT@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·16 days agoThey’re so terrible at being lizard that they turn out to be birds…
According to Wikipedia that is because the bird-hipped ones looked like modern birds and the names came before we realized the error.
Hooray!
The real facts are the ones we met along the comments.
The comments in a healthy social network are the only way to get near the truth at this point. I read the comments before the article at this point
Dinosaur translates to “terrible lizard” so retaining outdated terminology is on brand.
To be fair, some of them were pretty damn terrible!
They’re so terrible at being lizard that they turn out to be birds…