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nottheonion·Not The Onionbyresipsaloquitur

Crocodiles can't fly. Birds can. Scientists have finally figured out why

cross-posted from: https://news.abolish.capital/post/71626

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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I'm no expert, but I suspect it has to do with the fact that crocodiles don't have wings.

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