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

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[–] [email protected] 216 points 6 days ago (4 children)

so, it's a predator goat.

[–] [email protected] 77 points 6 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] 24 points 6 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] 73 points 6 days ago* (last edited 5 days 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] 31 points 6 days ago (2 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

[–] [email protected] 12 points 6 days ago (4 children)

If sideways eyes are "costly" compared to forward facing eyes, then that would technically be a push for forward facing.

[–] [email protected] 27 points 5 days ago (4 children)

Or goats just find forward facing eyes to be sexier.

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 6 days ago

Curious to consider that by being an apex consumer, it is a predator by default, even if its prey is flora.

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[–] [email protected] 36 points 6 days ago

It DOES seem menacing

[–] [email protected] 9 points 5 days ago (5 children)

'There's something out there waiting for us, and it ain't no man'

[–] [email protected] 8 points 5 days ago

"If it bleats, we can kill it."

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[–] [email protected] 94 points 5 days ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 27 points 5 days ago (2 children)

Is this from the never ending story?

[–] [email protected] 10 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (3 children)

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

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[–] [email protected] 79 points 6 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] 70 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Looks like one of those Oblivion npc

[–] [email protected] 62 points 6 days ago (1 children)

[–] [email protected] 23 points 6 days ago

You're the one I saw in my dreams!

[–] [email protected] 16 points 4 days ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 days ago (1 children)

"It's just my artstyle!!111"

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[–] [email protected] 51 points 6 days ago (1 children)

[–] [email protected] 10 points 5 days ago

I vote for you as president of the fediverse

[–] [email protected] 30 points 5 days ago (2 children)

So it's a predator?

[–] [email protected] 10 points 5 days ago

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

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[–] [email protected] 28 points 5 days ago (1 children)

GNU

[–] [email protected] 9 points 5 days ago

Definitely not UNIX 😬

[–] [email protected] 13 points 5 days ago (2 children)

Nature of Predators.

I get why they were scared now.

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[–] [email protected] 42 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Hell no

[–] [email protected] 47 points 6 days ago (1 children)

I think you mean Hail Satan.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Nah, even Satan is uncomfortable looking at that one. Sacrifice not accepted. In fact, resurrected.

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[–] [email protected] 29 points 6 days ago

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

[–] [email protected] 28 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Looks like something in medieval paintings.

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[–] [email protected] 29 points 6 days ago (3 children)

Why does this look like a child molester?

[–] [email protected] 63 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Forward facing eyes are indicative of a predator.

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[–] [email protected] 20 points 6 days ago

Because forward facing eyes is usually a trait associated with predators.

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[–] [email protected] 28 points 6 days ago

Me when the edibles kick in.

[–] [email protected] 24 points 6 days ago

Extinct due attacks from behind

[–] [email protected] 7 points 5 days ago

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

[–] [email protected] 18 points 6 days ago

Predator goat species any% speedrun when

[–] [email protected] 14 points 5 days ago (1 children)

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

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 days ago

Dude looks shifty af

[–] [email protected] 14 points 6 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (5 children)

It was also a cold-blooded mammal.

EDIT: new information suggests they probably were not.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 5 days ago (1 children)

No, it wasn't. Or to be exact, we don't know, but it's highly unlikely. In 2009, the bone growth pattern of Myotragus was thought to occur only in cold blooded animals, but in 2012 they found it is widespread in extant mammals as well.

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 5 days ago

He's on a good trip

[–] [email protected] 10 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Is this the og Donkey from shork?

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 6 days ago

I trust him

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

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