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Eels are fish

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178 points speckx | 5 comments | 03 Sep 25 14:02 UTC | HN request time: 2.898s | source
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ghkbrew ◴[03 Sep 25 14:36 UTC] No.45116347[source]▶
I regret to report that there is surely no such thing as a fish.[0]

[0] https://quoteinvestigator.com/2024/12/04/no-fish/

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1. pavel_lishin ◴[03 Sep 25 14:55 UTC] No.45116548[source]▶
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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2. bloak ◴[03 Sep 25 15:37 UTC] No.45117045[source]▶
There's a chapter in Moby-Dick with a similar discussion.
3. IAmBroom ◴[03 Sep 25 16:37 UTC] No.45117800[source]▶
Nope.

But geese are.

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4. klipt ◴[04 Sep 25 00:42 UTC] No.45122093[source]▶
Whales, like us, are descended from lobe finned fish, so they are as much fish as we are.
5. goopypoop ◴[04 Sep 25 03:56 UTC] No.45123392[source]▶
That's just silly.

Geese are molluscs.