Phylogenetically Accurate Aquarium where it's just a bunch of land-dwelling tetrapods. "It says this exhibit is lobe-finned fish but there's nothing but a yak in here?" "Well, technically…"

(re: https://weirder.earth/@eldaking/113612521508710658)

#taxonomy #VertebrateShitposting

Dr. Elda King, PhD (@[email protected])

A Jurassic Park parody called "Dinosaur Park" in which they make a theme park with "modern dinosaurs" and just get a bunch of large birds, and everyone invited to visit find it very underwhelming. But then the birds escape and it goes just like Jurassic Park, with the cassowaries and emus and geese and swans and eagles and so on killing a bunch of people. All in setups that mimic JP except that people refuse to take it seriously until they are actually attacked.

weirder.earth

David Attenborough: This is the largest expanse of lava to flood the earth for 100 million years.

me: [banging on arm of table] DEC-CAN TRAPS! DEC-CAN TRAPS! DEC-CAN TRAPS!!

David Attenborough: The Deccan, in central India,

me: YESSSSSSSSS

#PrehistoricPlanet2 #VertebrateShitposting

Started Out as a Fish. How Did It End Up Like This?

A meme about the transitional fossil Tiktaalik argues that although we did come out of the sea, we aren’t doing just fine.

The New York Times

At what point in evolutionary time does herping 🦎 become birding 🐦 ? Discuss.  

#herping #herp #birds #birding #birdeing #VertebrateShitposting