[HN Gopher] Call of the Liar
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       Call of the Liar
        
       Author : sohkamyung
       Score  : 28 points
       Date   : 2023-09-02 12:08 UTC (10 hours ago)
        
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       | javajosh wrote:
       | "The lyrebirds' performances are a classic example of an
       | excessively complex trait or behavior that was likely shaped
       | through sexual selection."
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       | One cannot help but consider humans through this same lens.
        
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         | n4r9 wrote:
         | Some people certainly can't help doing so. Interestingly, the
         | point here is that Darwin was wrong. Or at least incomplete.
        
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       | vouaobrasil wrote:
       | I saw a Superb Lyrebird in Australia just outside Melbourne. They
       | are beautiful birds and once of the largest passerine species in
       | the world (birds are divided into passerines and everything else.
       | The class Aves consists of orders, and order Paseriformes
       | (passerines) make up about half of the birds).
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       | One of my favourite animals.
        
         | KineticLensman wrote:
         | > birds are divided into passerines and everything else
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         | Not quite. Aves is divided into Palaeognathae (which includes
         | Ostriches, rheas, kiwis and emus amongst others) and
         | Neognathae. Passerine is the largest order within Neognathae,
         | but sits along side pigeons, ducks, flamingos and some others.
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         | (source: someone who is trying to learn the complex
         | classifications embodied within 'raptor')
        
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