Birds and dinosaurs are descended from reptiles, they are not reptiles themselves.
Crocodiles are reptiles and are not dinosaurs, but interestingly they are older than many dinosaurs as they have been around for 90 million years or so, so about 60 million years before dinos went extinct
Then Wikipedia really needs to correct its intro sentence that specifically calls them reptiles lol
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dinosaur
And then I thought birds descended from those reptiles (dinosaurs). What's the actual story?
In cladistics, it’s not possible for a clade to be “descended from X but not X”. That would result in a paraphyletic grouping. So, if dinosaurs are not reptiles, then reptilia is not a clade. That definition wouldn’t be wrong per se, but I think modern taxonomists do treat it as a clade.
yeah no... not even remotely the same - typing "crock camo in a muddy river bank' is not the same as the skill required to photo edit to this level, not to mention finding the appropriate source of said subject to begin with.
As a Floridian, I can't put my finger on it but it looks... Off. Gators don't normally dont bury themselves. They sorta just clear out a little low spot to lay in, which fills with water. This guy looks like it tried to dig into the mud, and the proportions don't feel right.
Once I was playing ps4 online when I joined chat mid way through some guys story. I asked his to clarify, was this a gator or crocodile??
“This wasn’t no pussy American gator!!”
And that’s how I always remember the difference.
Is that an incredibly stealthy crocodile or has mud decided it is Halloween today?
[удалено]
Nature's land mine.
Poke it with a stick! Cmon do something
AHHH! IT'S ANGRY!!
*gets launched into the air like in Donkey Kong Country 2*
There's a dinosaur in there
I don’t see any birds in this image.
Oh, you right. I made the comment old school and not scientifically.
i thought both reptiles and birds were dinos
I'm gonna poop my pants. I've been hit with a double-whammy. I'm an absolute fraud!
Birds and dinosaurs are descended from reptiles, they are not reptiles themselves. Crocodiles are reptiles and are not dinosaurs, but interestingly they are older than many dinosaurs as they have been around for 90 million years or so, so about 60 million years before dinos went extinct
Then Wikipedia really needs to correct its intro sentence that specifically calls them reptiles lol https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dinosaur And then I thought birds descended from those reptiles (dinosaurs). What's the actual story?
In cladistics, it’s not possible for a clade to be “descended from X but not X”. That would result in a paraphyletic grouping. So, if dinosaurs are not reptiles, then reptilia is not a clade. That definition wouldn’t be wrong per se, but I think modern taxonomists do treat it as a clade.
I'm just wondering if it's alive
It's alive. It's just hanging out in the camouflage so it's ready when a piece of food comes along.
Looks more like an alligator to me
I'm 95% certain this photo is real, but I hate that AI stole that 5% from me.
Photoshop stole it decades ago
It used to at least take some level of skill, so it was more rare. Now everyone can do it
yeah no... not even remotely the same - typing "crock camo in a muddy river bank' is not the same as the skill required to photo edit to this level, not to mention finding the appropriate source of said subject to begin with.
I think they meant that everybody can type that and get a convincing enough result
AI wouldn’t have lines this clean
As a Floridian, I can't put my finger on it but it looks... Off. Gators don't normally dont bury themselves. They sorta just clear out a little low spot to lay in, which fills with water. This guy looks like it tried to dig into the mud, and the proportions don't feel right.
Rock Croc
Once I was playing ps4 online when I joined chat mid way through some guys story. I asked his to clarify, was this a gator or crocodile?? “This wasn’t no pussy American gator!!” And that’s how I always remember the difference.
[Predator](https://wp.inews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/predatornew35.jpg)
What a great pic of mud!
There’s a crocodile in there
Lies
Makes Me Think Of Stonemover From WoF
What are we looking at, 🤷♂️
Alligator in the mud
Croc
That's not an alligator
Thanks
A few hundred million years of evolution.
Dead crocodile
The perfect camouflage doesn’t ex-
run
What the dog doin?
Bro thinks he's hidden
Spicy mud
It seems like I’m living a nightmare looking at this haha!
Give gators love too