Creepy. And I learned something. Reminds me of another comic strip that cracked me up. The gist:
God said to the insects “you may each pick three traits.”
The millipede said, “I want legs!”
The centipede agreed.
God nodded. “And for your second trait?”
The millipede smiled brightly and said “More legs!”
The centipede request the same.
God asked for their final request.
“More legs!” The millipede shouted smiling even brighter
The centipede gave a sinister grin and growled. “Teeth.”
it’s extremely obvious that you’re incorrect if you simply look at the words, “centi” means “hundred” and is smaller than “milli” which means “thousand”.
centipedes look like they have a hundred legs, millipedes look like they have a thousand legs.
Creepy. And I learned something. Reminds me of another comic strip that cracked me up. The gist:
God said to the insects “you may each pick three traits.” The millipede said, “I want legs!” The centipede agreed. God nodded. “And for your second trait?” The millipede smiled brightly and said “More legs!” The centipede request the same. God asked for their final request. “More legs!” The millipede shouted smiling even brighter The centipede gave a sinister grin and growled. “Teeth.”
Neither centipedes nor millipedes are insects.
That’s a great joke. The millipede’s enthusiasm is oddly endearing
You have them backwards. Centipedes are the ones with more legs
Google tells me you’re the one who has them backwards. Here’s an article from Carnegie Natural History Museum explaining the difference.
“Centipede” means 100 feet.
“Millipede” means 1000 feet.
I am aware of how prefixes work
it’s extremely obvious that you’re incorrect if you simply look at the words, “centi” means “hundred” and is smaller than “milli” which means “thousand”.
centipedes look like they have a hundred legs, millipedes look like they have a thousand legs.
Ah, but millimeters are 1/1000 of a meter, which means millipedes actually have 1/1000 of a leg /s