Chris Remington@beehaw.orgM to Jokes and Humor@beehaw.org · 1 month agoMammalsbeehaw.orgimagemessage-square46fedilinkarrow-up1242arrow-down10
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minus-squareZagorath@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·1 month 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-squareCarbonIceDragon@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 month agoechidna I understand, but why cat?
minus-squareZagorath@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 month 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”.
echidna I understand, but why cat?
The actual definition is “monotremes and placental mammals”. I just picked one of each.
You can milk a cat, that checks out.