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minus-squarePipoca@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·10 months agoNot in the right clade, basically. They look similar, but aren’t directly related. It’s similar to why legless lizards aren’t snakes, and bats aren’t birds.
minus-squareapolo399@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-210 months agoBut snakes are legless lizards. Link to youtube Edit: Wrong link, I’ll leave the previous one anyways because it’s also fun https://youtu.be/_5jNZyoSszE
minus-squarePipoca@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·10 months agoFair. I should have said that many legless lizards aren’t snakes.
Not in the right clade, basically.
They look similar, but aren’t directly related. It’s similar to why legless lizards aren’t snakes, and bats aren’t birds.
But snakes are legless lizards. Link to youtube
Edit: Wrong link, I’ll leave the previous one anyways because it’s also fun https://youtu.be/_5jNZyoSszE
Fair. I should have said that many legless lizards aren’t snakes.