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[โ€“] ada@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Probably because in Egyptian mythology, Thoth, who was an Ibis headed deity, was the god of knowledge and wisdom, and thus Ibis became a symbol of knowledge and reason.

It's somewhat amusing that the Egyptian Ibis is so closely related to the Australian Bin Chicken that they may actually be the same species

[โ€“] CaptKoala@lemmy.ml 4 points 8 months ago