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[–] 220 points 1 year ago (27 children)
  • [–] 79 points 1 year ago (18 children)

    I'm going to guess as an island species, it had no natural predators, and therefore the evolutionary pressure for it to have a wide field of view did not exist

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  • [–] 24 points 1 year ago (15 children)

    Probably, although there would still need to be some evolutionary pressure for forward facing eyes... I wonder what it is.

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  • [–] 33 points 1 year ago (10 children)

    Not necessarily, with “genetic drift” random phenotypic changes can happen that have a neutral effect on fitness. So if they don’t need side-facing eyes, then this can just happen randomly. Especially if the sideways eyes are in some way “costly” to maintain

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    [–] 96 points 1 year ago (6 children)

    Suddenly those creepy Renaissance paintings of animals make a lot more sense.

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  • [–] 84 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    I've always wanted to look a goat directly in the eyes. It's a dream of mine.

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  • [–] 74 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Looks like one of those Oblivion npc

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  • [–] 33 points 1 year ago

    Me when the edibles kick in.

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  • [–] 32 points 1 year ago

    Goats already usually look high, this fella is in the stratosphere

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  • [+] 30 points 1 year ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 child)
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    [–] 28 points 1 year ago

    Extinct due attacks from behind

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  • [–] 24 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    Why does this look like a child molester?

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    [–] 18 points 1 year ago

    Predator goat species any% speedrun when

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  • [–] 18 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (6 children)

    It was also a cold-blooded mammal.

    EDIT: new information suggests they probably were not.

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    [–] 17 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    It looks like it was drawn by a furry artist who specializes in particularly perverted characters. I love it!

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    [–] 14 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    It went extinct 5000y ago.. so it has to be a reconstitution based on fossils..?

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    [–] 13 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Nature of Predators.

    I get why they were scared now.

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    [–] 12 points 1 year ago

    I trust him

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    [–] 10 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Is this the og Donkey from shork?

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    [–] 10 points 1 year ago

    He's on a good trip

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    And I shall call it Ron Perlman.

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