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I'll bite: what doesn't make cats a smaller form of a giraffe? We just have to squint a little on the spiney level
by dleeftink 2y ago
I'll bite: what doesn't make cats a smaller form of a giraffe? We just have to squint a little on the spiney level
- AnimalMuppet 2y agoThe definition of giraffe is what makes a cat not a smaller form of giraffe. It has a definition, and the definition isn't just "thing with a spine" or even "mammal". From dictionary.com: "a tall, long-necked, spotted ruminant, Giraffa camelopardalis, of Africa: the tallest living quadruped animal." A cat does not fit that definition, no matter how hard you squint.
- dogleash 2y agoITT: Hacker News reinvents taxonomy from first principles.