• Catoblepas@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    But in a centaur, the human torso is placed where the horse neck would be. If it was the torso that was replaced they would look more like satyrs.

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      24 hours ago

      The torso is a tricky concept, there’s no good anatomical definition that makes sense. Is the pelvis included? The whole axial skeleton? Everyone knows the general idea of where the torso is, but it’s hard to define with precision.

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      But in a centaur, the human torso is placed where the horse neck would be.

      Yes, with a perfectly normal human torso. Put a human torso in the same spot and…

      BOOOORRRING!! 🤣