I was literally playing Jackbox last night and the task was to sort animals by number of teeth. Apparently whales have zero "teeth" but snails have thousands of microscopic "teeth"? ok biologists, get fucked.

[–] Lussy@hexbear.net 11 points 2 months ago

Overeducated and undersexed, many such cases

[–] 9to5@hexbear.net 9 points 2 months ago (2 children)

If I cant knock them out with my fists they dont count as teeth .

[–] microfiche@hexbear.net 9 points 2 months ago (1 children)

That actually a good way to tell if it's baleen or not baleen, and therefore a tooth.

[–] Lussy@hexbear.net 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

So if I can’t knock em out with my fist it’s baleen?

[–] microfiche@hexbear.net 6 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I think this is exactly how the scientists test for baleen.

[–] Lussy@hexbear.net 6 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Ah yes, the friedrich-weisbach test

[–] Keld@hexbear.net 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

So bears don't have teeth because you couldn't beat a bear in a fight?

[–] 9to5@hexbear.net 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I could totally defeat a bear 1v1

[–] Keld@hexbear.net 1 points 2 months ago

I could take on any bear in guitar hero

[–] microfiche@hexbear.net 12 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Yeah I dunno. Taken exactly as you've posted it here, baleen and teeth aren't the same.

I'm not sure I really care that much, but I think there's a difference.

[–] Lussy@hexbear.net 12 points 2 months ago (3 children)

If it looks like teeth, filters ‘barnacles’ like teeth, fits in the mouth like teeth, it’s fucking teeth. What is this woke nonsense

[–] AvocadoVapelung@hexbear.net 10 points 2 months ago

ain't that the tooth

[–] Ram_The_Manparts@hexbear.net 10 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

The purpose of a system is what it does.

Or something, idk

[–] microfiche@hexbear.net 8 points 2 months ago (1 children)

sure

[–] Dessa@hexbear.net 6 points 2 months ago (1 children)

So you concede, sir? nerd

No but seriously, what is the difference?

[–] microfiche@hexbear.net 9 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Baleen is used to filter plankton, teeth are used to grind/chew?

is this not something that's readily known?

[–] Dessa@hexbear.net 4 points 2 months ago

But they both process food as the first part of the digestive tract. It seems like it's just a minor distinction that shouldn't really require hard boundaries

[–] Zoift@hexbear.net 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

And thats why ducks have baleen

[–] Lussy@hexbear.net 5 points 2 months ago

u/microfiche will never fool me

[–] Zoift@hexbear.net 9 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Meanwhile theres polyphyletic bullshit like crabs or flies out there made of dozens of different taxa. Scientists making shit up as they go along and we have to pretend their tvtropeass catagories about things are special. I CAN READ GREEK TOO AND YOU'RE DOING IT WRONG

[–] Keld@hexbear.net 8 points 2 months ago (1 children)

"This animal breeds true across species line" THEN WHAT DOES SPECIE MEAN YOU ASSHOLES?!

[–] Cysioland@lemmygrad.ml 4 points 2 months ago

Dogs are just less spicy wolves anyway

[–] FlakesBongler@hexbear.net 8 points 2 months ago

Dr. Dennis Tin was attempting to use radiation to strengthen teeth, until a freak a accident turned him into the Enameled Avenger, The Tooth!

Coming this fall on NBC

[–] Keld@hexbear.net 6 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Actually no berries are berries and the only things that are berries are things that are not berries.

[–] BobDole@hexbear.net 6 points 2 months ago

The only real berries are dingleberries