• hungryphrog@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      5 hours ago

      A lot of people appear to think that animal=mammal or animal=vertebrate. I remember when in history class we had to discuss differences between humans and other animals. The girl I had as my partner told me fish and dolphins weren’t animals.

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      4 hours ago

      Lots of people think that animal means mammal. They are animals, but they are not mammals.

    • Secret Music 🎵 [they/them]@piefed.blahaj.zoneOP
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      8 hours ago

      I mean, considering that this is a successful meme on two different platforms and that there are multiple comments giving their own examples, I would assume that it’s a behaviour that a lot of people come across, regardless of your personal experience.

      We live in a world where people who believe in jewish space lazers and think they’re going to get 5G from vaccines exist, and you find this hard to believe?