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Megacerops (mander.xyz)

submitted 2 months ago by fossilesque@mander.xyz to c/science_memes@mander.xyz

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[-] qwerty_bastard@feddit.uk 28 points 2 months ago

I prefer the drunken fighty octopus hangers

[-] idunnololz@lemmy.world 7 points 2 months ago

YSK an octopus has 8 arms. /s

[-] BarrelAgedBoredom@lemm.ee 7 points 2 months ago

They cut the octopus in quarters to increase output. Back in my day, our drunk octopus coathangers had eight arms!

[-] lugal@sopuli.xyz 22 points 2 months ago

They went extinct because of this.

Is it really worth it?

[-] Transporter_Room_3@startrek.website 14 points 2 months ago

So many baby Megacerops needlessly slaughtered for humanity's towel-hanging lust.

[-] lugal@sopuli.xyz 6 points 2 months ago

And the public is silent about it

[-] maniacalmanicmania@aussie.zone 13 points 2 months ago

I feel like it's eyes shouldn't be where they are. Uncomfortable.

[-] Cadeillac@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Also, doesn't this put them too close to their defense? I assume that is what the horn would be for, and the eyes are put in harms way by using it

Edit: I guess if he puts his head down, pointing the horn straight out, it makes a buffer from the eyes

[-] zaphod@sopuli.xyz 10 points 2 months ago

I don't know why, but to me it looks like their eyes should be further back, closer to their ears, or maybe their ears are too far back. I assume that's why they went extinct.

[-] Empricorn@feddit.nl 7 points 2 months ago

I'll pass that along to God...

[-] BakerBagel@midwest.social 5 points 2 months ago

That's where the wyes are located on surviving rhinos.They are technically a prey species, sohey didn't really need to see what was dead ahead of them, since they were foragers. No predator is coming at them from the front, so they really only need to see what is at their sides.