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[–] brown567@sh.itjust.works 24 points 10 months ago (4 children)

If they weren't stupid, they would still be alive

(I still think they're really cool, I'm just mad they aren't around anymore and misdirecting that frustration toward them)

[–] GluWu@lemm.ee 9 points 10 months ago

I hope you "don't" get eaten by a shark.

[–] festnt@sh.itjust.works 8 points 10 months ago (1 children)

one lineage of dinosaurs survived the mass extinction because they were small, could fly and some other things. you might know them as "birds"

[–] brown567@sh.itjust.works 5 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

True! And birds are really cool

[–] festnt@sh.itjust.works 3 points 10 months ago

and mostly not stupid!

like, even birds that we generally think are dumb (such as pidgeons) are actually really smart

[–] brown567@sh.itjust.works 7 points 10 months ago

I actually did the exact same thing when I read The Red Pony in middle school

[–] Silentiea@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 10 months ago

They are still alive. There's more dinosaurs than humans on this planet. My favorite is the secretarybird.