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minus-squareStrawberry@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up26·21 days agomany people call slugs, snails, and worms bugs too. So any invertibrate with the right vibes
minus-squareAllNewTypeFace@leminal.spacelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·21 days agoSo there is no such thing as a bug, in the same way that there is no such thing as a tree
minus-squareSoup@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·21 days agoOr a fish! If there were, then people would be fish and sharks would not be.
minus-squareZagorath@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·21 days agoFish could be defined as the most recent common ancestor of tuna and herring, and all of its descendants. That would exclude sharks and lungfish, but would include most other groups that we unambiguously recognise as fish, while excluding tetrapods.
minus-squaregandalf_der_12te@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·21 days agoi sometimes call anything an insect that’s smaller than a small rabbit or lizard (depending on the mood of day) and has no spine. it’s colloquial use
many people call slugs, snails, and worms bugs too. So any invertibrate with the right vibes
So there is no such thing as a bug, in the same way that there is no such thing as a tree
It’s a feature
Or a fish! If there were, then people would be fish and sharks would not be.
Fish could be defined as the most recent common ancestor of tuna and herring, and all of its descendants. That would exclude sharks and lungfish, but would include most other groups that we unambiguously recognise as fish, while excluding tetrapods.
Beavers are fish
i sometimes call anything an insect that’s smaller than a small rabbit or lizard (depending on the mood of day) and has no spine. it’s colloquial use