Abracadaniel [he/him]@hexbear.nettoScience Memes@mander.xyz•You think you just fell out of a coconut tree?English
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2 months agothen we agree that it’s incorrect to definitively say that a “palm tree” is not a tree.
rigidly defending the boundaries of a biological category that’s not a monophylitic group is an exercise in futility. or maybe in linguistics, because if it’s not monophyletic it’s not “real” in an evolutionary sense and the question is in the cultural realm and somewhat subjective. It’s like the discussions about whether a certain food is a fruit/vegetable/etc.
I also don’t get it. conservationists are upset because?..
maybe if we knew the video the images were captured from.