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[-] affiliate@lemmy.world 57 points 3 months ago

Despite the name, no centipede has exactly 100 pairs of legs; number of legs ranges from 15 pairs to 191 pairs, always an odd number. (wikipedia)

wtf is going on with these guys

[-] klemptor@startrek.website 55 points 3 months ago

I mean, I have an odd number of leg pairs. You probably do too?

[-] Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 11 points 3 months ago

i mean, our arms are just fucked up legs, so technically we have an even pair of legs.

[-] Syd@lemm.ee 11 points 3 months ago

Woah

[-] WhiskyTangoFoxtrot@lemmy.world 8 points 3 months ago

Four legs good, two legs bad.

[-] AnarchistArtificer@slrpnk.net 5 points 3 months ago

This sentence took me multiple attempts to parse.

[-] affiliate@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago

yeah but the range of leg pairs for humans is (comparatively) much more tame. this would be like if humans had 1-12.3 leg pairs. and crazier still, humans were named something like “6 legged beings”

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