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[–] AnIntenseMoist@lemmy.world 48 points 2 months ago (2 children)

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.

[–] panda_abyss@lemmy.ca 41 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I’m in favour of renaming horses to crab feet.

[–] casmael@mander.xyz 6 points 2 months ago

Yeah I was gna say something like this - the crab is on the other foot, if you get my drift

[–] Zerush@lemmy.ml 10 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

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.

[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

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