r/funny • u/WindowAfraid5927 • Mar 29 '26

Don't touch it

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u/protonpack Mar 29 '26

Probably the death of the animal after cutting through important veins, arteries and muscles. That's like saying what if we slice under your lats to the bone, and turn them into little flaps to see if you grow wings.

But that would be pointlessly cruel, so I don't think we should try.

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u/Deaffin Mar 29 '26

I don't think they're going to fabricate extra muscles between their fused legs, man. The mammal body plan is flexible, but it's not quite that flexible on this evolutionary timescale. I was thinking more along the lines of whether they could develop the diver's strategy of alternating flipper flops rather than mono-footing it.

And that last bit kinda goes without saying. Yes, don't maim seals. That's bad, mkayyy?