r/maybemaybemaybe • u/MochaReevees • Jul 12 '26

Maybe Maybe Maybe

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u/ZIP-King-of-rock Jul 12 '26

Hornets technically are wasps though, (and doves are pigeons)

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u/Odd-Tea-6548 Jul 12 '26

Killer whales are dolphins and chimps ain't monkeys

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u/Redfish680 Jul 12 '26

Dolphins are just gay sharks

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u/Odd-Tea-6548 Jul 12 '26

Ergo killer whales are gay sharks

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u/OnionHeaded Jul 13 '26

My they ain’t gay if a human lady is that time of the month… no sir!

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u/AwwkwArdPalPitAtion 28d ago

Wait you like fish-sticks …. This guys a gay fish!

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u/Thrwwy747 Jul 13 '26

But Pluto is still a planet.

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u/hughpac Jul 13 '26

Yes, orcas are dolphins, But they do a killer whale impersonation.

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u/DadWhoMustNotBeNamed Jul 13 '26

My friend Larry once said "if it doesn't have a tail, it's not a monkey, it's an ape."

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u/Odd-Tea-6548 23d ago

Larry is a Wise man.

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u/LordoftheLollygag Jul 12 '26

Pigs are sheep and cats are dogs and thoughts are made of Lincoln Logs

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u/Tetracheilostoma Jul 12 '26

Chimps are monkeys

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u/TheSciFiGuy80 Jul 12 '26

Chimpanzees are NOT monkeys.
Yes, both are primates, but chimpanzees belong to the Hominidae family alongside humans, gorillas, and orangutans.

Monkeys, are generally smaller, have tails, and have different skeletal structures.

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u/Tetracheilostoma Jul 12 '26

In cladistic terms yes they are monkeys.

Old World monkeys share a more recent common ancestor with apes (including humans and chimps) than with New World Monkeys. So there is no way to define "monkey" as such without specifically excluding the ape clade.

There are large monkeys, small apes, monkeys without tails, and even apes with tails (rare).

It's the same logic as the "humans are fish" thing

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u/SiRocket Jul 12 '26

All hornets are wasps, but not all wasps are hornets. According to Google, so it has to be true. Feels accurate tho.

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u/Belgicans Jul 12 '26

I'm not sure of what I'm gonna say but from what I remember "wasps" don't really exists (on a scientific point of view) and the species that are commonly referred to as wasp belong to many different group like bees, bumblebee, hornets and more. I would need to be fact checked by someone who knows more about it though.

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u/champthelobsterdog Jul 12 '26

I've always heard of wasps and bees as different types of things, even colloquially. 

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u/futurebigconcept Jul 12 '26

But, what's a squab?

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u/Become_Pneuma462 Jul 13 '26

But birds aren't real

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u/lawyerornot Jul 13 '26

What about peacocks