Chris Remington@beehaw.orgM to Jokes and Humor@beehaw.org · 6 months agoMammalsbeehaw.orgimagemessage-square40fedilinkarrow-up1242arrow-down10
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minus-squareZagorath@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·6 months agoMammals aren’t “living organisms with fur and milk”. They’re “the most recent common ancestor of the echidna and the cat, and anything descended from that”.
minus-squarepooberbee (any)@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up10·6 months agoWhoa, so cats came from coconuts?
minus-squareCarbonIceDragon@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up4·6 months agoechidna I understand, but why cat?
minus-squareZagorath@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up4·6 months agoThe actual definition is “monotremes and placental mammals”. I just picked one of each.
Mammals aren’t “living organisms with fur and milk”. They’re “the most recent common ancestor of the echidna and the cat, and anything descended from that”.
Whoa, so cats came from coconuts?
You can milk a cat, that checks out.
echidna I understand, but why cat?
The actual definition is “monotremes and placental mammals”. I just picked one of each.