First they sphere the cows, now the dogs too?! These topologists have to stop before they turn us into spheres too
this post was submitted on 27 Feb 2026
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All it takes is for them to shut your mouth.
This is incredibly important to black hole astrophysics. Don't ask why
it's furries isn't it.
Amuse me, why?
Topologically a dog is a sphere (assuming it keeps its mouth shut...
Next time I want someone to stop talking, they're going to be very confused when I tell them to "become topilogically spherical."
I checked your topological sign and you're such a torus.
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I think a dog's nose has two separate nostrils that connect somewhere along the way on the inside. That's not a sphere. It's a torus.
Given it also has a mouth-to-anus tube, is there a name for a double torus? Genus-2 torus I guess
I feel like LadyButterfly's how are you feeling on a scale of medieval dog painting was used here.
I'm now imagining a barking spherical dog which somebody then kicks and it bounces around the room like a football
It's only a sphere if it keeps its mouth shut, apparently.
Such a cliffhanger. So, is it possible to comb all the hairs in such a way, or is the parting impossible to remove?
It’s Impossible to remove the parting in even dimensional spheres (such as dogs), but possible to remove it in odd dimensional spheres (such as 2d dogs)
The fabled spherical ~~cow~~ dog in a vacuum!
But dogs are afraid of vacuums