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minus-squareodiumlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up26arrow-down1·1 年前Makes sense. Evolution gives prey animals eyes with as wide a field of vision as possible, so they can detect predators better. Elephants are too large for predators to mess with and so is big bird.
minus-squareManucode@infosec.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·1 年前The elephant in the picture though is smaller than a mouse
minus-squareThrowawaySobriquet@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·1 年前The reference mouse is oversized
minus-squarezaphod@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·1 年前But the elephant is also roughly the size of a duck.
minus-squareblindsight@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 年前Can confirm. I measured on my screen, estimating the trunk length extended, and it’s about 6 cm trunk to tail (or 2⅜" in the US).
Makes sense. Evolution gives prey animals eyes with as wide a field of vision as possible, so they can detect predators better. Elephants are too large for predators to mess with and so is big bird.
The elephant in the picture though is smaller than a mouse
The reference mouse is oversized
But the elephant is also roughly the size of a duck.
Can confirm. I measured on my screen, estimating the trunk length extended, and it’s about 6 cm trunk to tail (or 2⅜" in the US).