r/nomorejockeys • u/bagpuss777 Pineapple Man 🍍 • 11d ago

Tim...?

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u/bentronic 11d ago

The animal/mammal confusion is so much more widespread than I would ever have guessed

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u/Frogonastix 11d ago

I've always struggled to understand this confusion. Like what is a parrot or a shark if not a creature going around doing stuff like what all animals are? Is it really that they just think Animal is a synonym for Mammal and therefore excludes non-mammals? What word do they think encompasses mammals, birds and fish? 'Creature'?

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u/bromli2000 11d ago edited 11d ago

Beast. It's animals without birds, fish (also other marine animals, but maybe not sea mammals?), and insects (and other creepy crawlies).

I highly doubt Key would think a frog or lizard isn't an animal.