Suddenly those creepy Renaissance paintings of animals make a lot more sense.
this post was submitted on 23 May 2025
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Goats already usually look high, this fella is in the stratosphere
🙂
I trust him
It was also a cold-blooded mammal.
EDIT: new information suggests they probably were not.
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.
~~TIL there was a 5M year old cold-blooded mammal that humans killed off (but ofc).~~
Today I was reminded that science grows as new discoveries are made.
But we still killed the little beasties off. Nothing has changed there.
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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Predator goat species any% speedrun when
He looks like he knows what's in that embarrassing picture of SpongeBob at the Christmas party.
Looks like one of those Oblivion npc
You're the one I saw in my dreams!
Looks like something in medieval paintings.
Looks like something that needs to be burned with fire
he looks like one of those guys who has a million broken down cars and lawn mowers on his yard but he can fix your car with a pepsi can and some zipties if you throw him 20 bucks
Me when the edibles kick in.
so, it's a predator goat.
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
Probably, although there would still need to be some evolutionary pressure for forward facing eyes... I wonder what it is.
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).
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
I've always wondered if there was a term for evolutionary changes that weren't needed!
If sideways eyes are "costly" compared to forward facing eyes, then that would technically be a push for forward facing.
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maybe living in caves?
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 .
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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It DOES seem menacing
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"Hi kids! I'm so stoned, I can barely climb 😵💫"
That's just like your opinion, man.
Extinct due attacks from behind
Uh, Falkor, is that you?
It's Falkand now.
Why does this look like a child molester?
You think everything looks like a child molester
Because forward facing eyes is usually a trait associated with predators.
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.
i was crowned the GOAT of autism, i would volunteer but i dont like eye contact
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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