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minus-squareInfernal_pizza@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·2 months agoI spent years thinking it was called Dunkleosaurus before I realised I’d been reading it wrong the whole time
minus-squareSwedneck@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·2 months agopro tip: “osteo” means bone, dunkleosteus is a VERY bony fish
minus-squareInfernal_pizza@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months agoEven knowing the correct name I somehow never made that connection!
minus-squarejustme@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoOh, and I thought he had dark bones
minus-squarewoodenghost [comrade/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months agoI spent years never having read or heard of this fish at all, but thankfully that dark dark time in my life just ended.
I spent years thinking it was called Dunkleosaurus before I realised I’d been reading it wrong the whole time
pro tip: “osteo” means bone, dunkleosteus is a VERY bony fish
Even knowing the correct name I somehow never made that connection!
Oh, and I thought he had dark bones
Well, TIL.
I spent years never having read or heard of this fish at all, but thankfully that dark dark time in my life just ended.