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https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myotragus

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[-] [email protected] 220 points 1 month ago

so, it's a predator goat.

[-] [email protected] 79 points 1 month ago

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

[-] [email protected] 24 points 1 month ago

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

[-] [email protected] 76 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Depth perception is advantageous. It is even beneficial for island goat activities.

With the absence of natural predators, the disadvantages of the narrow field of view are mostly outweighed by the advantages of depth perception .

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[-] [email protected] 33 points 1 month ago

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

[-] [email protected] 13 points 1 month ago

If sideways eyes are "costly" compared to forward facing eyes, then that would technically be a push for forward facing.

[-] [email protected] 27 points 1 month ago

Or goats just find forward facing eyes to be sexier.

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[-] [email protected] 11 points 1 month ago

Curious to consider that by being an apex consumer, it is a predator by default, even if its prey is flora.

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[-] [email protected] 37 points 1 month ago

It DOES seem menacing

[-] [email protected] 9 points 1 month ago

'There's something out there waiting for us, and it ain't no man'

[-] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago

"If it bleats, we can kill it."

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[-] [email protected] 96 points 1 month ago

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

[-] [email protected] 28 points 1 month ago

Is this from the never ending story?

[-] [email protected] 10 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Despite my love for Jim Henson, I still can’t get over the movie adaptation turning Falkor into a fucking dog-worm.

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[-] [email protected] 84 points 1 month ago

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

[-] [email protected] 10 points 1 month ago

i was crowned the GOAT of autism, i would volunteer but i dont like eye contact

[-] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago

That requires a mirror with most goats.

[-] [email protected] 74 points 1 month ago

Looks like one of those Oblivion npc

[-] [email protected] 63 points 1 month ago

[-] [email protected] 23 points 1 month ago

You're the one I saw in my dreams!

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[-] [email protected] 11 points 1 month ago

I vote for you as president of the fediverse

[-] [email protected] 42 points 1 month ago

Hell no

[-] [email protected] 48 points 1 month ago

I think you mean Hail Satan.

[-] [email protected] 12 points 1 month ago

Nah, even Satan is uncomfortable looking at that one. Sacrifice not accepted. In fact, resurrected.

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[-] [email protected] 33 points 1 month ago

Me when the edibles kick in.

[-] [email protected] 32 points 1 month ago

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

[-] [email protected] 30 points 1 month ago

Looks like something in medieval paintings.

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[-] [email protected] 30 points 1 month ago

So it's a predator?

[-] [email protected] 10 points 1 month ago

Beat me to it. I was like pretty soon it's gonna start eating you.

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[-] [email protected] 28 points 1 month ago

Extinct due attacks from behind

[-] [email protected] 28 points 1 month ago

GNU

[-] [email protected] 9 points 1 month ago

Definitely not UNIX 😬

[-] [email protected] 24 points 1 month ago

Why does this look like a child molester?

[-] [email protected] 65 points 1 month ago

Forward facing eyes are indicative of a predator.

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[-] [email protected] 23 points 1 month ago

Because forward facing eyes is usually a trait associated with predators.

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[-] [email protected] 18 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

It was also a cold-blooded mammal.

EDIT: new information suggests they probably were not.

[-] [email protected] 10 points 1 month ago

No, it wasn't. Or to be exact, we don't know, but it's highly unlikely. In 2009, the bone growth pattern of Myotragus was thought to occur only in cold blooded animals, but in 2012 they found it is widespread in extant mammals as well.

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[-] [email protected] 18 points 1 month ago

Predator goat species any% speedrun when

[-] [email protected] 17 points 1 month ago

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

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[-] [email protected] 14 points 1 month ago

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

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[-] [email protected] 13 points 1 month ago

Nature of Predators.

I get why they were scared now.

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[-] [email protected] 12 points 1 month ago

I trust him

[-] [email protected] 11 points 1 month ago

Uh, Falkor, is that you?

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[-] [email protected] 10 points 1 month ago

Is this the og Donkey from shork?

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[-] [email protected] 10 points 1 month ago

He's on a good trip

[-] [email protected] 9 points 1 month ago

That's just like your opinion, man.

[-] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago

🙂

[-] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago

And I shall call it Ron Perlman.

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