Fifth Avenue Forum

As a carry over from my post in the philosophy thread. I'm interested in what 5AF thinks.

Only two options. Neither can be most like a penguin.

I went finch from a biological/taxonomical perspective. Dolphins are mammalian and penguins are avian.

A dolphin is not a bird, case closed.

The horse’s name was Jim.

What is most similar to a pastrami on rye:

1) A Cuban medianoche, or;

2) a hammer?

I'm guessing this is a philosophy thread discussion, too?

A friend once asked me if penguins were seals, so I guess dolphin is the correct answer.

The closest relatives of the Sphenisciformes (penguins) are the Procellariiformes, which includes albatrosses and petrels.

A finch and a penguin would share a common evolutionary ancestor much more recently than a dolphin and a penguin.

If a dolphin, a finch and a seal had a threesome…

A bird has more in common with another bird than with a mammal? Huh.

$50 meow doesn't know what a finch is

meow was an emo kid, he listened to them in high school.

It's an American pie character

We have two finch nests under our patio awning, and one of them just hatched cheep cheeps last week.

Did they swim away?

are they swooping at you?

Do you broil them or bake them in a quiche?

1964's Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer established that a bird that swims instead of flies is, in fact, a misfit. Therefore, no matter where we think a penguin 'belongs', the birding community as a whole, not to mention effing Santa Claus, has rejected them as birds.

Do right by the little tuxedo wearing freaks...put them with the dolphins.

There are a lot of layers to unpack there.

Well, it did originate in the philosophy thread, so...