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Crocodiles can't fly. Birds can. Scientists have finally figured out why (phys.org)

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The closest living relatives of crocodiles and alligators are, perhaps surprisingly, birds. Both are archosauriforms, a group of species that originated about 250 million years ago near the beginning of the Triassic period.

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[–] sydd@lemmy.world 4 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

TL;DR: birds have wings

[–] laut_sprecher@feddit.org 4 points 5 days ago

But wait… are we like really sure about this?