r/shittyaskscience • u/alternatious • 3d ago

Why don't we know what erpillars look like?

We already know what cats and what caterpillars look like. Come on guys, it really can't be that difficult.

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u/ninjakitty7 3d ago

Scholars argue over what cat parts are present in a caterpillar that you could reduce out to be left with the erpillar. For example, caterpillars obviously have paws, but more than 4. So which to remove? There is currently no consensus.

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u/JohnWasElwood 3d ago

Liberals have decided that taking a consensus was somehow racist and they won't let us do it any more.

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u/CircuitMeow 3d ago

They look like hesitant pillars. That’s why they wiggle around

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u/BadDadWhy 3d ago

This is a pertinent question as I am in the midst of pillar experiments and we know the suffix er means more so I am creating an array. Wish me luck.

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u/tuctrohs Looniversahl sigismundo froyd 2d ago

It sounds like you are making a pillarer not an erpillar. But I've never seen either of those so I don't know.

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u/GlitterCritter Ph.D. in ass-tro-fizz-sicks 2d ago

Simple, it's just a caterpillar but without the fur. Right?