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[–] bedwyr@piefed.ca 8 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Seeing as their closest living relative is the Chicken, not all that smart.

[–] HeavenlySpoon@ttrpg.network 13 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Ravens are equally close relatives, as are parrots.

[–] OldChicoAle@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Would your kids survive an extinction event?

[–] bedwyr@piefed.ca 4 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

It's just a joke, I believe animals are far more intelligent than dumbasses give them credit for.

And we will find out the answer to your question, what time is it? Oh shit, got to go.

[–] wonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyz 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I thought komodo dragons were descended from them?

[–] psud@aussie.zone 1 points 1 day ago

T. Rex and the other dinosaurs shaped like it (the theropods) are the ancestors of birds