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[-] Wizard_Pope@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago

But manatees are sea cows

[-] angrystego@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago

They are called sea cows, but they're really sea elephants? I hope I'm not terribly wrong.

[-] Wizard_Pope@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago

Why elephants? I mean whales are not cows just by looking at what they eat. In that way manatees eating mostly sea plants are closer to being cows. Are they not?

[-] shuzuko@midwest.social 3 points 5 months ago

I think it's a joke about manatees having evolved from the same land-based ancestor as elephants, making them pretty literally "sea elephants".

[-] angrystego@lemmy.world 3 points 5 months ago

Yes, I was referring to the evolutionary aspects, not the ecological ones :)

[-] Wizard_Pope@lemmy.world 3 points 5 months ago

Interesting. Just like the actual closest living relative to the elephant looks like a malnourished beaver

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