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of course, they're just big lezards

• eesmith 3y ago
  Alligators are more closely related to chickens than lizards. From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evolution_of_reptiles https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evolution_of_reptiles : > ... the diapsid reptiles split into two main lineages, the archosaurs (ancestors of crocodiles and dinosaurs) and the lepidosaurs (predecessors of modern tuataras, lizards, and snakes). Alligators are archosaurs. All birds, including chickens, are feathered theropod dinosaurs, which are a type of archosaur. So it's more correct to say that alligators hang out in trees because they are just big four-legged chickens.
  • ozim 3y ago
    But chickens don't hang out in trees...
    • Sharlin 3y ago
      Oh but they do. Well, in bushes, anyway. (Or in the case of domestic chicken, artificial roosts.)
    • worthless-trash 3y ago
      Domestic fowl do not, wild fowl certainly do.
    • eesmith 3y ago
      If alligators can hang out in trees then so can chickens. images of chickens in a tree - https://duckduckgo.com/?t=ffab&q=chickens+in+a+tree&iax=images&ia=images https://duckduckgo.com/?t=ffab&q=chickens+in+a+tree&iax=imag... images of alligators in a tree - https://duckduckgo.com/?q=alligator+in+a+tree&t=ffab&iar=images&iax=images&ia=images https://duckduckgo.com/?q=alligator+in+a+tree&t=ffab&iar=ima...
    • chrisco255 3y ago
      They definitely do. My mom raised chickens free range for a while. They spent large parts of the day roosted in her cedar tree. They can't fly very high, but they can get enough lift to catch low hanging branches and climb up from there.
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  • chrisco255 3y ago
    Can confirm that they taste quite similar to chicken.