Omashkooz [none/use name]@hexbear.net to badposting@hexbear.netEnglish · 2 months agoMore time has passed for you since the first 'Shrek' was released than has passed for a person who was travelling fast on a spaceship the whole time. Feel old yet?message-squaremessage-square18fedilinkarrow-up147arrow-down10
arrow-up147arrow-down1message-squareMore time has passed for you since the first 'Shrek' was released than has passed for a person who was travelling fast on a spaceship the whole time. Feel old yet?Omashkooz [none/use name]@hexbear.net to badposting@hexbear.netEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square18fedilink
minus-squareblame [they/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 months agoFun fact, centipedes grow one new set of legs per year. You can tell how old a centipede is by counting the number of legs pairs.
minus-squaremilicent_bystandr@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up4·2 months agoBiologically, they’re only known as centipedes when they’re exactly 50 years old. More generally, they’re called enumeropedes.
minus-squareFromPieces@lemmygrad.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 months agoIsn’t the plural of “centipede” supposed to be “centipode”?
Fun fact, centipedes grow one new set of legs per year. You can tell how old a centipede is by counting the number of legs pairs.
Biologically, they’re only known as centipedes when they’re exactly 50 years old. More generally, they’re called enumeropedes.
Isn’t the plural of “centipede” supposed to be “centipode”?