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xkcd #3185: Sauropods

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Vertebrae Georg

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Source: https://xkcd.com/3185/

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[–] lugal@lemmy.dbzer0.com 12 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I know this is a joke but all land vertebrates have roughly the same number of vertebrae. A long neck means longer vertebrae, not more.

[–] TheMetaleek@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 month ago

Most often but not always, extinct forms like stem reptiles and all sometimes did really weird shit

[–] BanMe@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago

Sure enough I just looked and giraffe vertebrae are 10" long. Weird.

[–] DarkCloud@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

We also know science misinformation is a good thing, and nothing could go wrong from joking about the earth being flat.

[–] givesomefucks@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

We know from recent excavations in Utah that there was a centipede type and a hydra type.

It's why we always found so many "partial" skeletons together...

/s

[–] menas@lemmy.wtf 3 points 1 month ago

Jörmungandr origin

[–] Hamartiogonic@sopuli.xyz 3 points 1 month ago

Looks like sauropods also lived in a world with pacman style topology.

[–] ksigley@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

There really is an xkcd for everything.