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[-] donuts@lemmy.world 67 points 1 week ago

https://www.livescience.com/animals/birds/aldabra-rail-the-bird-that-came-back-from-the-dead-by-evolving-twice

Technically not the same species though. It was a different population of the same genus that evolved to have the same trait (flightlessness) because their habitat changed back to how it was before. Their extinct relatives are still extinct.

[-] AlolanYoda@mander.xyz 41 points 1 week ago

There's divergent evolution, there's convergent evolution, and then there's these guys who went through both, taking the scenic route but getting to the same place anyway

[-] MNByChoice@midwest.social 8 points 1 week ago

Ecological niches need to be filled.

[-] Venus_Ziegenfalle@feddit.org 1 points 1 week ago

Nature's version of that whol dire wolf thing

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