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I didn't have to explain it, but I found myself in a situation where I was informing a grown woman that fish are indeed animals.
Oh, that reminds me of when I had to explain to my mother that my then girlfriend was vegetarian and that, no, chicken do count as meat.
That sounds like a vestige from the Catholic habit of not eating meat at times, so the definition of "what's meat" got really specific and excluded things like fish and chicken.
"Beavers are fish, right? And fish aren't meat, so..."
I mean, the bible lists bats as a kind of bird, so sure, why not.
What's a hoopoe?
That actually makes sense. I didn't think about that. Thanks.
Did she respond saying your explanation sounded fishy?