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Mammals (beehaw.org)
submitted 5 months ago by remington to c/humor
 
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[–] Zagorath@aussie.zone 7 points 5 months ago (3 children)

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".

[–] pooberbee@lemmy.ml 10 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Whoa, so cats came from coconuts?

[–] metaStatic@kbin.social 8 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Then why are there still coconuts? Check mate atheists

[–] TachyonTele@lemm.ee 5 points 5 months ago

Proof that humans and coconuts lived together. Suck it science!

[–] jarfil 4 points 5 months ago

You can milk a cat, that checks out.

[–] CarbonIceDragon@pawb.social 4 points 5 months ago (1 children)

echidna I understand, but why cat?

[–] Zagorath@aussie.zone 4 points 5 months ago

The actual definition is "monotremes and placental mammals". I just picked one of each.