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minus-squaredustyData@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up46·2 years agoIt’s not all teeth. With birds it’s all beaks.
minus-squareBonehead@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up32arrow-down1·2 years ago With birds it’s all beaks. That’s only for the last 100 million years. Before that it’s all teeth too.
minus-squareLemmyKnowsBest@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·2 years agoBirds had teeth 100 million years ago, then suddenly they didn’t?
minus-squareBonehead@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up8·2 years agoNot suddenly, it likely took a few million years to lose them. But essentially, yes.
minus-squareCommunist@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 years agoHere is an excellent video that explains why the non-beaked birds died out: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M1TanPmCckM
It’s not all teeth.
With birds it’s all beaks.
That’s only for the last 100 million years. Before that it’s all teeth too.
Birds had teeth 100 million years ago, then suddenly they didn’t?
Not suddenly, it likely took a few million years to lose them. But essentially, yes.
Here is an excellent video that explains why the non-beaked birds died out: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M1TanPmCckM