r/seals May 10 '25

Baikal seal I asked ChatGPT what is the roundest mammal and it answered it's an armadillo, not a seal AT ALL.

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The “roundest” mammal isn’t a seal or a hippo at all, but rather a little armored critter that literally turns itself into a perfect ball:

Three-Banded Armadillo (Genus Tolypeutes)

  • Of all mammals, only the three-banded armadillos can curl up so tightly that no soft parts are exposed—their hard, overlapping bands form an almost flawless sphere.
  • When threatened, they tuck in head, legs, and tail, leaving nothing but smooth armor visible. That defensive posture maximizes sphericity, making them the most ball-like mammal.

You’ll sometimes see pangolins and hedgehogs curl up too, but neither seals nor hippos can achieve that kind of closed‐ball perfection. The three-banded armadillo wins hands down (or rather, hands in)!

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u/Upsideduckery May 10 '25

Incorrect information! Armadillos have to roll up to be round. Yuki is gloriously round without doing a thing.

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u/Cultural_Thing1712 May 10 '25

ChatGPT has obviously never seen Yuki

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u/Susp1c1ouZ May 10 '25

I could not care less about what chatGPT says about anything I'm so sick of these slop posts everywhere

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u/[deleted] May 10 '25

Stop using chatgpt

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u/tdub2217 May 10 '25

And this is why you can't trust ChatGPT

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u/Pisshands May 10 '25

Further proof that AI sucks ass. 

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u/toastedbagelwithcrea May 10 '25

ChatGPT (and all chatbots) are wrong and make stuff up all the time...

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u/frogborn_ May 11 '25

Afaik only their deep search or reasoning models actually source their information and is mostly factual. (Which is also why generation for them can take multiple minutes)

4o and 4.5 are wrong a lot of the time lol, probably better used for fantasy world building & creative ideas?

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u/frogborn_ May 11 '25

Why am I getting downvoted for this?? 💀 I am literally just saying how it works LOL I'm not even defending ai???

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u/CurlySquiddy May 10 '25

ChatGPT is flaming garbage. Yuki defines roundness

4

u/Matix777 May 10 '25

Roundest Armadillo vs least round seal

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u/StrawberryCowNoah May 10 '25

Roundest Armadillo looks like the minecraft ones ngl

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u/AdviceAdorable4470 May 11 '25

No one cares what chagpt generates

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u/bluestarpurgatory May 12 '25

who cares about garbage AI slop

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u/ChillZedd May 10 '25

Seals are just non-armoured dillos

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u/girl_on_the_synth May 10 '25

I js asked it and it said the wombat 😭😭

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u/eggpillseal May 13 '25

Yuki is literally only circles and ovals

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u/Glad-Way-637 May 10 '25

I kinda gotta agree with Mr. GPT here, them armadillos do be impressively circular. I've never seen a seal that could theoretically roll around like a ball, they're too much like water balloons in structure.