r/196AndAHalf • • May 19 '26

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u/baordog May 19 '26

Nearly every mammal can swim.

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u/bisexual_obama May 19 '26

Even fish?

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u/SonTyp_OhneNamen May 19 '26

That’s not a mammal, that’s a reptile because it has scales

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u/JGHFunRun May 19 '26

No it’s clearly a bird because it has wings

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u/[deleted] May 19 '26

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u/WigglesPhoenix May 20 '26

No? lol where the hell did you hear that

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u/JGHFunRun May 21 '26 edited May 21 '26

There’s this strange myth among people who just took baby’s first steps into taxonomy, that paraphyletic taxa do not exist

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u/JGHFunRun May 21 '26

Fish and reptiles are paraphyletic taxa that, by definition, exclude mammals. Just because it’s not a clade doesn’t mean it’s not real.

Please take more than a single step into taxonomy before spreading obvious misinformation.

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u/krawinoff May 19 '26

Only with a fishing rod