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

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[–] [email protected] 218 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)

so, it's a predator goat.

[–] [email protected] 79 points 2 weeks 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] 25 points 2 weeks 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] 75 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

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] 2 points 3 days ago

beneficial for island goat activities

lmao, "island goat activities" is the best 3 word combination. Here are thoughts what island goat activities are:

Scavenging for food
estimating mountain height for rock climbing
chasing away competitors

[–] [email protected] 32 points 2 weeks 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] 13 points 2 weeks 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 2 weeks ago (4 children)

Or goats just find forward facing eyes to be sexier.

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 weeks 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 2 weeks ago

It DOES seem menacing

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 weeks ago (5 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 weeks ago

"If it bleats, we can kill it."

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[–] [email protected] 95 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

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

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

Is this from the never ending story?

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks 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 2 weeks 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 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Looks like one of those Oblivion npc

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

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

You're the one I saw in my dreams!

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

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 weeks ago

I vote for you as president of the fediverse

[–] [email protected] 42 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Hell no

[–] [email protected] 47 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I think you mean Hail Satan.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

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

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

So it's a predator?

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 weeks ago

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

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

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

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

Why does this look like a child molester?

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

Forward facing eyes are indicative of a predator.

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[–] [email protected] 20 points 2 weeks ago

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

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 weeks ago

You think everything looks like a child molester

[–] [email protected] 28 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Looks like something in medieval paintings.

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

Me when the edibles kick in.

[–] [email protected] 28 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

GNU

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 weeks ago

Definitely not UNIX 😬

[–] [email protected] 24 points 2 weeks ago

Extinct due attacks from behind

[–] [email protected] 18 points 2 weeks ago

Predator goat species any% speedrun when

[–] [email protected] 17 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

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

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (5 children)

It was also a cold-blooded mammal.

EDIT: new information suggests they probably were not.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 weeks 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] 14 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

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

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

Nature of Predators.

I get why they were scared now.

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Uh, Falkor, is that you?

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 weeks ago

I trust him

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Is this the og Donkey from shork?

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 weeks ago

He's on a good trip

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 weeks ago

That's just like your opinion, man.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 weeks ago

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

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