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minus-squareSoup@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up86·1 year agoAccording to Wikipedia that is because the bird-hipped ones looked like modern birds and the names came before we realized the error. Hooray!
minus-squareZachariah@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up36·1 year agoThe real facts are the ones we met along the comments.
minus-squaresnooggums@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up21arrow-down1·edit-21 year agoDinosaur translates to “terrible lizard” so retaining outdated terminology is on brand.
minus-squareViking_Hippie@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·1 year agoTo be fair, some of them were pretty damn terrible!
minus-squarei_love_FFT@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down1·1 year agoThey’re so terrible at being lizard that they turn out to be birds…
According to Wikipedia that is because the bird-hipped ones looked like modern birds and the names came before we realized the error.
Hooray!
The real facts are the ones we met along the comments.
Dinosaur translates to “terrible lizard” so retaining outdated terminology is on brand.
To be fair, some of them were pretty damn terrible!
They’re so terrible at being lizard that they turn out to be birds…