kucuva@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 10 months agoWhy do dinosaurs have big heads and tiny arms?message-squaremessage-square53fedilinkarrow-up1120arrow-down12file-text
arrow-up1118arrow-down1message-squareWhy do dinosaurs have big heads and tiny arms?kucuva@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 10 months agomessage-square53fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareToday@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up19·10 months agoThere were some articles last year that said they think T-Rexes had small arms so they don’t get bitten off when competing for food with other T-Rexes.
minus-squarehavokdj@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up14·10 months agoBefore anyone goes and asks why they had arms to begin with, remember that whales tend to have very tiny legs on the inside of their bodies.
minus-squareUncle_Bagel@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up5·10 months agoTheir vestigial hip bones serve as an anchor point for their genital muscles. Those have to anchor somewhere or the whale can’t reproduce
minus-squareatlasraven31@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up4·10 months agoJust imagine a whale walking around on tiny legs.
minus-squareAbouBenAdhem@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up12·10 months agoThat’s probably what drove them into the water in the first place—everyone laughing at the way they walked around.
minus-squareDeath_Equity@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·10 months agoYou haven’t been to the Midwest, have you?
minus-squareatlasraven31@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up2·10 months agoDo y’all have whales and no one told me?
minus-squareDeath_Equity@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·10 months agoOh, they got some biggins. Some even get electric wheelchairs to move about. I hear West Virginia has the most though.
There were some articles last year that said they think T-Rexes had small arms so they don’t get bitten off when competing for food with other T-Rexes.
Before anyone goes and asks why they had arms to begin with, remember that whales tend to have very tiny legs on the inside of their bodies.
Their vestigial hip bones serve as an anchor point for their genital muscles. Those have to anchor somewhere or the whale can’t reproduce
Just imagine a whale walking around on tiny legs.
That’s probably what drove them into the water in the first place—everyone laughing at the way they walked around.
You haven’t been to the Midwest, have you?
Do y’all have whales and no one told me?
Oh, they got some biggins. Some even get electric wheelchairs to move about. I hear West Virginia has the most though.