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  • GluWu@lemm.ee
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    2 months ago

    Penguins: can fly underwater

    Ostriches: can run 45mph

    Kiwis: orb

  • DoYouNot@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    Evolution is not ‘survival of the fittest’ but rather ‘survival of the good-enough’.

  • Kyrgizion@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    Most flightless birds compensate by being badass at fighting on ground level. If you’ve ever seen a rooster fuck up a jackdaw you’ll know what I mean.

  • kaffiene@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    Kiwi were perfectly adapted to their environment. If it weren’t for rats, stoats, possums, cats, dogs and humans cutting down their habitat, they’d be thriving. TLDR; humans suck