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minus-squareAnIntenseMoist@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up47·2 days agoConsidering horses (and thus horseshoes) came way after the horseshoe crab, we really should rename the horseshoe to “crab shoe” or something and “horseshoe crab” to something else. Ideas welcome.
minus-squarepanda_abyss@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up39·2 days agoI’m in favour of renaming horses to crab feet.
minus-squarecasmael@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·2 days agoYeah I was gna say something like this - the crab is on the other foot, if you get my drift
minus-squareZerush@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·edit-22 days agoAgree, they don’t seems Horse shoes, they are not even crabs or crustaceos, Arrow Tail Scorpion or Spider would maybe the biological most exact name.
minus-squareLousyCornMuffins@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-21 day agoangry hissing crab? nah that’s all of them. alexa how do you say pointy butt crab in esperanto? we gotta use dead languages to name our creatures
Considering horses (and thus horseshoes) came way after the horseshoe crab, we really should rename the horseshoe to “crab shoe” or something and “horseshoe crab” to something else. Ideas welcome.
I’m in favour of renaming horses to crab feet.
Yeah I was gna say something like this - the crab is on the other foot, if you get my drift
Agree, they don’t seems Horse shoes, they are not even crabs or crustaceos, Arrow Tail Scorpion or Spider would maybe the biological most exact name.
angry hissing crab? nah that’s all of them. alexa how do you say pointy butt crab in esperanto? we gotta use dead languages to name our creatures