Talonflame (she/her)If all meat was banned except for bugs, would you eat bugs?
Tailz (she/her)Hell friggen no. I’m also not going to let a government dictate what I eat. Screw the law
MyDarkestTimeline01More shrimp and lobster for me.
Shrimp and lobsters are crustaceans, not insects. It’s like saying a whale is a fish
Oni_eyesShrimp and lobsters are decapods which belong in the arthropod group right alongside all of our insects. They are water insects by definition.
It’s not at all like saying a whale is a fish because while they are both vertebrates, they split much sooner than arthropods do, and they do not share as many similar characteristics.
It would be like saying a shark is a fish (which it is).
That’s like saying whales are giraffes because they’re in the order artiodactyla
Well whales and giraffes are both mammals, and since they’re classed together due to a common ancestor it’s fair to say they’re related and you could group them together.
Just like how decapods and insects are classed with hexapods under crustacea, effectively making them related due to a common ancestor.
So you could say giraffes (or artiodactylans) are proto whales (or cetaceans) much like you could say crustaceans are proto insects. Or insects of the sea.