I told my students the same, and that they should use @arctomet.bsky.social's helpfully labeled diagram to steer the Thanksgiving-dinner conversation back to something that really matters, such as theropod evolutionary lineages. 🧪🦃🦖

I made an infographic for this very reason!

Every year I encourage my viewers to print it out for their Thanksgiving turkey dinner, Christmas goose feast, Boxing Day budgie buffet, or any other ritual when people gather to dismember bird carcasses. I'm not a meat eater, but I try not to judge