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  • The fundamental problem is that cladistic terms will kind of inevitably become general descriptors of any lifeform that looks/behaves similarly, which is immediately clear when you look at any scifi/fantasy stuff.

    If an alien animal fills the same niche as salmon do on earth, then we’re gonna call it a salmon, and poof suddenly it’s no longer monophyletic.


  • IMO it’s either basically just lizards, which i think is perfectly fine since dinosaurs and even crocodilians aren’t that reptilian to me.
    Or reptile has nothing to do with phylogeny and is instead just a physical description, like “fish” and “tree”.

    Really the only thing that seems particularly similar between lizards and crocodilians is that they have a splayed posture and scaly skin, which is kinda like grouping together humans with ostriches and kangaroos because we walk upright on two legs…
















  • i’m always astounded that stuff like this isn’t considered obviously blasphemous, isn’t the religion supposed to be serious and a matter of your fucking soul? why are we using startup names for religious apps?

    At least for hindu stuff it might make sense, there’s definitely some chill hindu deities that have humor.