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[โ€“] [email protected] 21 points 1 month ago (3 children)

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

[โ€“] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago

They would just rather not

[โ€“] ICastFist 5 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Wouldn't they do flipper-flips instead?

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Does one need feet to kick?

[โ€“] ICastFist 1 points 1 month ago

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

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

The inventor of the trick was human, so the name stuck.

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

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