What’s most similar to a penguin

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What’s most similar to a penguin

A finch
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47%
A dolphin
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53%
 
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As a carry over from my post in the philosophy thread. I'm interested in what 5AF thinks.
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Only two options. Neither can be most like a penguin.
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I went finch from a biological/taxonomical perspective. Dolphins are mammalian and penguins are avian.
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A dolphin is not a bird, case closed.
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The horse’s name was Jim.
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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?
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A friend once asked me if penguins were seals, so I guess dolphin is the correct answer.
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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.
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If a dolphin, a finch and a seal had a threesome…
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A bird has more in common with another bird than with a mammal? Huh.
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$50 meow doesn't know what a finch is
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meow was an emo kid, he listened to them in high school.
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It's an American pie character
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We have two finch nests under our patio awning, and one of them just hatched cheep cheeps last week.
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Did they swim away?
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are they swooping at you?
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Do you broil them or bake them in a quiche?
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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.
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There are a lot of layers to unpack there.
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Well, it did originate in the philosophy thread, so...
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