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[–] 39 points 1 year ago (11 children)

So are dragons. Unless they don't have front legs, but they they're wyverns.

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  • [–] 25 points 1 year ago (5 children)

    Griffins an a few other mythical creatures would be too. Pegasus may or may not. The original was sired by Poseidon and itself was a god, but its since become a generic name for winged horses so that leaves room for debate.

    Yes I do enjoy fiction taxonomy, why do ask?

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  • [–] 11 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    Angels in most renditions have bird wings (i.e. arms) growing from their backs in addition to normal arms and legs.

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  • [–] 7 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    B̵̠̿̓̄͋̿͛̃͛̍͘͠Ē̵͎̙̹͖̪̼̖̂̄͆̀̀̆͠ ̸̧̖̪͉̪̘̳̫̝͌͋Ņ̵̟̰͉͖͇̩̾̀̔̌̎̒͜O̷͚̰̩̲͈͗̌̒͒̑͊͐͜͝T̸̢̲̤̥͇̣̙̩͛́ ̵̧̝͉̻̿͆͂̊́̋͑Ą̵͖̻̳̒́͗͒͋̍̓̿̃̍͛F̴͕̝̝̈͆̓͌̀͛̓̈́͝͠Ṛ̴̨͇̲͆̀͛͗̈́͗ͅẠ̵͙̝̦͙͕̦̠͗͒͜͜ͅI̴͎̖̿͛̿̿̐̅͆̄̈́̕͜͠D̸͙̫̼͍̪̣̲̩̋̌͐̐́̀ ̶̹̟̥̑̈̍̕͘

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    [–] 31 points 1 year ago (6 children)

    “Almost all” means that if you pull six-legged animals names outnof a hat you’re nearly guaranteed to find an insect. Doesn’t mean you can’t pull the non-insect first try, and doesn’t mean that centaurs must be insects.

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  • [–] 14 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    This bias is to biology only found in our experience. What if theres an alien physiology that ruins this argument.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago

    No alien species counts as an animal taxinomically. A similar extraterrestrial ecosystem would likely result in reclassifications to add planet of greatest ancestral origin. Life seeders would make taxonomy even harder.

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  • [–] 22 points 1 year ago (5 children)

    'Almost all' makes me wonder about what the other ones are

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago

    This feels like a targeted attack on parts of booktok. Has there been a counter-offensive, and where is the popcorn?

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