• captainlezbian@lemmy.world
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    8 days ago

    Because bears are the family ursus which is part of the order Carnivora which falls under the infraclass placentalia. Marsupalia is a different infraclass of mammalia. I know it may be unbearable for them, but they’re extremely unkoalafied.

    • JackbyDev@programming.dev
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      7 days ago

      Yes, but tons of terms we use for animals aren’t rigid scientific definitions. When someone says “that’s a bear” outside of a scientific context they don’t necessarily mean that. A good example being trees.