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https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myotragus

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 day ago (1 children)

It looks like it was drawn by a furry artist who specializes in particularly perverted characters. I love it!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

"It's just my artstyle!!111"

[–] [email protected] 2 points 22 hours ago

Pervgoat is in the prowl for more pussy after being released for his third public indecency offense.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Nature of Predators.

I get why they were scared now.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I did not expect a NoP reference here, but nevertheless it was what I immediately thought about seeing this image lmao.

Imagine a poor venlil born with this defect.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 19 hours ago

Not having access to NoP anymore was the worse part of being permabanned from reddit. I love it.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 23 hours ago

Dude looks shifty af

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 day ago

This recreation of an extinct species brought to you by the makers of

[–] [email protected] 2 points 22 hours ago

When the edible hits you to hard…

[–] [email protected] 29 points 1 day ago (2 children)

So it's a predator?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago

Preys upon grass

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 day ago

Beat me to it. I was like pretty soon it's gonna start eating you.

[–] [email protected] 94 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Suddenly those creepy Renaissance paintings of animals make a lot more sense.

[–] [email protected] 27 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Is this from the never ending story?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 23 hours ago

Falkor wasn't played by Anthony Head in the version I saw.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Despite my love for Jim Henson, I still can’t get over the movie adaptation turning Falkor into a fucking dog-worm.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Oh my gosh. Is there a book?!

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 day ago

yes and my copy has the text in red and green ink depending on whether it’s describing reality of the fantasy world. it’s an awesome book!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago

There are two books ... ;-))

[–] [email protected] 214 points 2 days ago (9 children)

so, it's a predator goat.

[–] [email protected] 75 points 2 days ago (3 children)

I'm going to guess as an island species, it had no natural predators, and therefore the evolutionary pressure for it to have a wide field of view did not exist

[–] [email protected] 23 points 2 days ago (4 children)

Probably, although there would still need to be some evolutionary pressure for forward facing eyes... I wonder what it is.

[–] [email protected] 72 points 2 days ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Depth perception is advantageous. It is even beneficial for island goat activities.

With the absence of natural predators, the disadvantages of the narrow field of view are mostly outweighed by the advantages of depth perception .

[–] [email protected] 29 points 2 days ago (10 children)

Not necessarily, with “genetic drift” random phenotypic changes can happen that have a neutral effect on fitness. So if they don’t need side-facing eyes, then this can just happen randomly. Especially if the sideways eyes are in some way “costly” to maintain

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[–] [email protected] 36 points 2 days ago

It DOES seem menacing

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[–] [email protected] 28 points 1 day ago (1 children)

GNU

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 day ago

Definitely not UNIX 😬

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I wonder if its panoramic vision overlaps in the front since the eyes are too close

[–] [email protected] 70 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Looks like one of those Oblivion npc

[–] [email protected] 62 points 2 days ago (1 children)

[–] [email protected] 23 points 2 days ago

You're the one I saw in my dreams!

[–] [email protected] 79 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I've always wanted to look a goat directly in the eyes. It's a dream of mine.

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[–] [email protected] 51 points 2 days ago (1 children)

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[–] [email protected] 29 points 2 days ago

Goats already usually look high, this fella is in the stratosphere

[–] [email protected] 41 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Hell no

[–] [email protected] 46 points 2 days ago (2 children)

I think you mean Hail Satan.

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 day ago

He's on a good trip

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 day ago (1 children)

It went extinct 5000y ago.. so it has to be a reconstitution based on fossils..?

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[–] [email protected] 27 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Looks like something in medieval paintings.

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[–] [email protected] 28 points 2 days ago

Me when the edibles kick in.

[–] [email protected] 29 points 2 days ago (3 children)

Why does this look like a child molester?

[–] [email protected] 63 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Forward facing eyes are indicative of a predator.

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Is this the og Donkey from shork?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

Yes

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