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[-] odium@programming.dev 25 points 4 months ago

Makes sense. Evolution gives prey animals eyes with as wide a field of vision as possible, so they can detect predators better. Elephants are too large for predators to mess with and so is big bird.

[-] manucode@infosec.pub 11 points 4 months ago

The elephant in the picture though is smaller than a mouse

[-] ThrowawaySobriquet@lemmy.world 6 points 4 months ago

The reference mouse is oversized

[-] zaphod@sopuli.xyz 6 points 4 months ago

But the elephant is also roughly the size of a duck.

[-] blindsight@beehaw.org 2 points 4 months ago

Can confirm. I measured on my screen, estimating the trunk length extended, and it's about 6 cm trunk to tail (or 2⅜" in the US).

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