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[โ€“] _haha_oh_wow_@sh.itjust.works 20 points 20 hours ago (3 children)

Just because you've never seen a whale do a kickflip doesn't mean they can't.

[โ€“] boonhet@lemm.ee 2 points 13 hours ago

It only says most can't - but we'll never be able to prove that such a whale does not exist at all.

[โ€“] Rozz@lemmy.sdf.org 8 points 19 hours ago

They would just rather not

[โ€“] ICastFist@programming.dev 5 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

Wouldn't they do flipper-flips instead?

[โ€“] atomicorange@lemmy.world 1 points 11 hours ago (1 children)
[โ€“] ICastFist@programming.dev 1 points 3 hours ago

One needs legs, I'd say, so a spider can do 4 kickflips at once