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by pavel_lishin 286 days ago
It also reminds me of a bit in Unsong, a book where there's quite a bit of discussion about whether the whale is a fish or not.
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There's a chapter in Moby-Dick with a similar discussion.
Whales, like us, are descended from lobe finned fish, so they are as much fish as we are.
Nope.

But geese are.

That's just silly.

Geese are molluscs.