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[โ€“] 4 points 10 months ago (6 children)

uh, slugs are bugs! any non-vertibrate animal is a bug

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  • [โ€“] 26 points 10 months ago (5 children)

    uh, slugs are bugs

    I'mma be honest, I would not instinctively agree with this.

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  • [โ€“] 14 points 10 months ago (2 children)

    I suggest "bug" applies exclusively to chitinous invertebrates.

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  • [โ€“] 3 points 10 months ago (1 child)

    I'm trying to square my instinct that

    1. snails aren't bugs (because they're squishy without the shell) with the feeling that
    2. crabs are bugs (because they'd go tap-tap if you tapped on their exoskeleton with a finger) but
    3. hermit crabs aren't bugs if they're in a shell but are bugs if they're naked
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  • [โ€“] 9 points 10 months ago (1 child)

    I would. I think that just goes to show how informal and unworthy of policing the term is. We even call viruses bugs a lot of the time.

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