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

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[–] [email protected] 220 points 1 week ago (4 children)

so, it's a predator goat.

[–] [email protected] 79 points 1 week 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 1 week 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] 76 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week 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] 33 points 1 week 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 1 week 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 1 week ago (3 children)

Or goats just find forward facing eyes to be sexier.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I know I do

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 week 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] 37 points 1 week ago

It DOES seem menacing

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

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

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 week ago

"If it bleats, we can kill it."

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[–] jwt 95 points 1 week ago (1 children)

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

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

Is this from the never ending story?

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week 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] 80 points 1 week 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 1 week ago (1 children)

Looks like one of those Oblivion npc

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

Hell no

[–] [email protected] 48 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I think you mean Hail Satan.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 week 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 1 week ago

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

[–] [email protected] 30 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Looks like something in medieval paintings.

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

So it's a predator?

[–] andybytes 9 points 1 week ago

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

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[–] [email protected] 29 points 1 week ago

Me when the edibles kick in.

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

GNU

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

Definitely not UNIX 😬

[–] [email protected] 25 points 1 week ago

Extinct due attacks from behind

[–] [email protected] 24 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Why does this look like a child molester?

[–] [email protected] 64 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Forward facing eyes are indicative of a predator.

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

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

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

You think everything looks like a child molester

[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 week ago

Predator goat species any% speedrun when

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 week 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 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (5 children)

It was also a cold-blooded mammal.

EDIT: new information suggests they probably were not.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 week 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.

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

Oh, that's good to know! I wondered how a cold-blooded mammal could be a thing.

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 week ago

I trust him

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 week ago (1 children)

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

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Nature of Predators.

I get why they were scared now.

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

Uh, Falkor, is that you?

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

He's on a good trip

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

Is this the og Donkey from shork?

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

That's just like your opinion, man.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 week ago

And I shall call it Ron Perlman.

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

"Hi kids! I'm so stoned, I can barely climb 😵‍💫"

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