Re:Is a Turtle an Animal or a Fish?
by bioinformatics on Tuesday September 29, 2020 @07:33PM
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Insects are animals too.
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Re:Is a Turtle an Animal or a Fish?
by ribosometronome on Tuesday September 29, 2020 @07:42PM
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Or are they fish?
No, fish are insects.
Counterpoint for downvoters, the Silverfish: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silverfish
Re:Is a Turtle an Animal or a Fish?
by seanhunter on Wednesday September 30, 2020 @04:12AM
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Note that while you correctly point out that the Silverfish is a fish, its close relative the woodlouse is in fact a type of wood, and therefore part of the vegetable kingdom.
Turns out ontologies are confusing and probably can be some of complete, consistent, coherent or correspond to common sense but not all of the above. Whenever these types of debates come up (eg "Is a tomato a fruit or a vegetable?" or indeed any "Is x a type of y?") I'm reminded of Borges[1].
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celestial_Emporium_of_Benevole...