I’ve heard of A-holes and B-holes, but the existence of D-holes and the implied C-holes is news to me.

57 / 17 = 3. That messes up with my brain.

Wait until you learn of 51/17.

Do octopodes even have teeth?

Beware the coming of the World Canadian.

But he turned me into a newt!

Username checks out.

From wikipedia:

Traditionally, all animals in the group now known as simians are counted as monkeys except the apes. Thus monkeys, in that sense, constitute an incomplete paraphyletic grouping; however, in the broader sense based on cladistics, apes (Hominoidea) are also included, making the terms monkeys and simians synonyms in regard to their scope.

apes ⊂ monkeys, actually.

Humans are apes, apes are monkeys, paraphyletic groups are bullshit.

The universe is believed to end just a few nanoseconds before a monkey finishes writing Hamlet.

After delving into quaternions, complex numbers feel simple and intuitive.

Still very charming, though.

F

Lack of braincells does that.

Nuts!

Now that’s just silly.

Awww! That’s a cute fish you got there!

Here’s the thing. You said a “jackdaw is a crow.”

Is it in the same family? Yes. No one’s arguing that.

As someone who is a scientist who studies crows, I am telling you, specifically, in science, no one calls jackdaws crows. If you want to be “specific” like you said, then you shouldn’t either. They’re not the same thing.

If you’re saying “crow family” you’re referring to the taxonomic grouping of Corvidae, which includes things from nutcrackers to blue jays to ravens.

So your reasoning for calling a jackdaw a crow is because random people “call the black ones crows?” Let’s get grackles and blackbirds in there, then, too.

Also, calling someone a human or an ape? It’s not one or the other, that’s not how taxonomy works. They’re both. A jackdaw is a jackdaw and a member of the crow family. But that’s not what you said. You said a jackdaw is a crow, which is not true unless you’re okay with calling all members of the crow family crows, which means you’d call blue jays, ravens, and other birds crows, too. Which you said you don’t.

It’s okay to just admit you’re wrong, you know?

I wouldn’t be surprised if that was already a thing.