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[–] hydroptic@sopuli.xyz 17 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Dinosaurs didn't all get wiped out though! Birbs are theropod dinosaurs, and the only known extant dinosaurs

[–] Klear@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Remember: you cannot ride birbs.

[–] hydroptic@sopuli.xyz 5 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I bet I could ride a cassowary or emu.

[–] optissima@lemmy.ml 2 points 10 months ago (2 children)
[–] quams69@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)
[–] optissima@lemmy.ml 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Yeah but you have to risk romance.

[–] hydroptic@sopuli.xyz 0 points 10 months ago (1 children)
[–] optissima@lemmy.ml 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)
[–] hydroptic@sopuli.xyz 0 points 10 months ago

Huh, interesting. Seems like something that wouldn't happen just with ostriches

[–] hydroptic@sopuli.xyz 0 points 10 months ago

Now that is a proper war bird. How fucking majestic would it be to ride into battle on a birbosaur like a moa‽

[–] sukhmel@programming.dev 2 points 10 months ago

Last ones that were big enough for that went extinct pretty recently in 1800th afaik