jqubed@lemmy.world to Anything But Metric@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish · 2 months agoNew dinosaur species with neck as long as cricket pitch discovered in Thailandwww.bbc.co.ukexternal-linkmessage-square12linkfedilinkarrow-up183arrow-down11file-text
arrow-up182arrow-down1external-linkNew dinosaur species with neck as long as cricket pitch discovered in Thailandwww.bbc.co.ukjqubed@lemmy.world to Anything But Metric@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square12linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squareacockworkorange@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·2 months agoI spent a good amount of time trying to figure out what the wavelength of a cricket chirp had to do with a neck length. Is the neck specialized in detecting those chirps? How many crickets did that thing eat daily? Then I spotted the community name. Fuck.
minus-squaredadarobot@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agopretty sure its referring to the field they play the game Cricket on. like a “football pitch” is a soccer field.
I spent a good amount of time trying to figure out what the wavelength of a cricket chirp had to do with a neck length. Is the neck specialized in detecting those chirps? How many crickets did that thing eat daily?
Then I spotted the community name. Fuck.
pretty sure its referring to the field they play the game Cricket on. like a “football pitch” is a soccer field.