By notanidiot - 20/06/2012 12:46 - United States - Lansing

Today, I laughed when I shouldn't have and am probably fired. What happened? My boss asked me if birds were reptiles. I thought he was kidding. FML
I agree, your life sucks 30 978
You deserved it 3 667

Same thing different taste

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Well they aren't as different as you think. Birds are descended from dinosaurs.

FireFlie07 20

He seriously thought birds were reptiles???Lmao

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Rocky007 15

Ydi for not not knowing that is a serious scientific question that is currently being explored.

noisebox 1

Question 4 the universe: how come a lot of bosses are retards?

Actually many biologists consider reptiles as a superclassification, not just a classification for snakes/lizards, and in this it includes birds. This arose due to the issues with certain aspects of the evolutionary tree that led to dinosaurs which were highly reptilian and avian, also the fact that the aspects that determine a reptile do not apply very well to crocodoillians and monitors, also the fact that birds are still scaled and their feathers are very similar to structures many reptiles produce (look at an iguana's spines and compare it to a stripped feather, you get the idea).

Fooberry 9

How did he get this far in life? Sure, sure, they evolved from reptiles, but they damn well aren't reptiles anymore.

actually, birds r decended from dinosars, a name which means big lizard btw, they r actually closely related to reptiles

aleeshttylXD 9

O stupid people... I wouldn't have been able to contain myself either.

Vidimus 13

That is because they are, nitwit. Aves are derived from dinosaurs, or perhaps more simply, a branch from Reptilia. Look up the current cladogram on the matter and educate yourself.