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If youโ€™re confused: Birds are dinosaurs, crocodiles arenโ€™t; note the โ€œclosest living relativesโ€

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[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

So, it's a joke about the fact that both are essentially dinosaurs?

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[โ€“] [email protected] 11 points 2 months ago

Here's my take:

Low IQ: crosc looks like dinos so they are the cloests living relative to dinos. Mid IQ: birds are direct descendents of dinos so they are the closest living relatives to dinos. High IQ: since birds are direct descendent they are just dinos, not a relative. Which makes crocs the next closest living relative to dinos/birds.