• Kirbywithwhip1987@lemmygrad.ml
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    4 days ago

    Idk if chicken would be appropriate for T-Rex, but idk of any other options either considering Cassowaries are Raptors, Shoebill maybe? But yeah Komodos have that T-Rex or Giganotosaurus vibe when they stand on 2 legs anyway.

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        4 days ago

        Fr? Bruh it can’t be, I thought it was just a meme, it has to be some of those big badass birds unless actually true and he got the most insane downgrade in history unlike other dinosaurs.

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        3 days ago

        That’s not how it works. All birds share a common ancestor that was a cousin to it, so they’re all equally related to it in terms of when they split off. For chickens to be more closely related to T. rex, they would have to share a more recent common ancestor with it than they do with other birds. That would also make T. rex a bird if you still wanted to count chickens as birds.

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      4 days ago

      I just figure there’s a bunch of antisemetic conspiracies about lizard people, don’t want right-wingers appropriating your meme.

      Shoebill wouldn’t be a great look for similar reasons.