Dude looks shifty af
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Hell no
I think you mean Hail Satan.
Nah, even Satan is uncomfortable looking at that one. Sacrifice not accepted. In fact, resurrected.
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I've always wanted to look a goat directly in the eyes. It's a dream of mine.
That requires a mirror with most goats.
Uh, Falkor, is that you?
It's Falkand now.
Extinct due attacks from behind
That's just like your opinion, man.
"Hi kids! I'm so stoned, I can barely climb 😵💫"
so, it's a predator goat.
It DOES seem menacing
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
Curious to consider that by being an apex consumer, it is a predator by default, even if its prey is flora.
Probably, although there would still need to be some evolutionary pressure for forward facing eyes... I wonder what it is.
Depth perception in 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 .
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I'm not sure for that specific case, but in the general case there doesn't need to be evolutionary pressure for change. If there is no pressure one way or the other random mutations can (and will over time) cause change without environmental reason (genetic drift).
maybe living in caves?
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
If sideways eyes are "costly" compared to forward facing eyes, then that would technically be a push for forward facing.
I've always wondered if there was a term for evolutionary changes that weren't needed!
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'There's something out there waiting for us, and it ain't no man'
"If it bleats, we can kill it."
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Me when the edibles kick in.
Looks like something in medieval paintings.
Predator goat species any% speedrun when
He looks like he knows what's in that embarrassing picture of SpongeBob at the Christmas party.
I trust him
TIL there was a 5M year old cold-blooded mammal that humans killed off (but ofc).
I actually missed the part that we killed them off. "Heh heh, look at the funny-faced little goats. Let's kill 'em!" Jerks.
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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.
Oh, that's good to know! I wondered how a cold-blooded mammal could be a thing.
🙂
Suddenly those creepy Renaissance paintings of animals make a lot more sense.
And I shall call it Ron Perlman.
Seems like a chill dude I could go for a drink with
He's on a good trip
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