🐎 = 🪲
🐎 = 🪲
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“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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This bias is to biology only found in our experience. What if theres an alien physiology that ruins this argument.
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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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I'd argue centaur world is its own tree of life until proof exists that earth life and centaur world life had a common ancestor.
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Exactly.
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They'd still be an arthropod even if they weren't a species of insect. So I guess the question is whether all six-legged arthropods have ovipositors. Sounds likely.
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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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Convergent evolution is a lie! Don't believe Big Evolution Department!
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So are dragons. Unless they don't have front legs, but they they're wyverns.
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?
Angels in most renditions have bird wings (i.e. arms) growing from their backs in addition to normal arms and legs.
...drakes...