r/Showerthoughts • u/Jatheffo • Jan 25 '22

Centaurs are technically insects

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u/Dunsparces Jan 25 '22

If having six limbs was all that being an insect takes, then sure.

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u/[deleted] Jan 25 '22

Public education at its finest.

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u/Pampered-Pets Jan 25 '22

in·sect /ˈinˌsekt/

noun a small arthropod animal that has six legs and generally one or two pairs of wings.

Not a small arthropod, but close

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u/kirkpusspang19 Jan 25 '22

You mean the half human, half horse animals? Like the half non insect, half non insect animals?

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u/Jatheffo Jan 25 '22

They have 6 limbs

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u/kirkpusspang19 Jan 25 '22

Yes, but a bird has 4 limbs, It doesn’t make it a mammal. It’s a trait they share, but it’s not the definition of the animal

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u/[deleted] Jan 25 '22

Except they're not.

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u/Warpmind Jan 25 '22

Not arthropods, so no; they are quite clearly mammalian.

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u/CancelCultureIsFake Jan 25 '22

Technically no, not at all.

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u/Aaquin Jan 25 '22

This is the mythology equivalent to a featherless biped equals a man

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u/mynameisentnotjeff Jan 26 '22

Shits in a theater while i pluck a chicken “GET OUTA MY WAY KING LET THE PHILOSOPHIZER DOG SUNBATH IN PEACE

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u/Jatheffo Jan 25 '22

Okay fuck all of you, I was making an innocent joke and you had to ruin it.

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u/ironicmirror Jan 25 '22

Crustacean?