1975: A Brief Zoology Lesson

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A Brief Zoology Lesson
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Made by: Cody


Explanation[edit | edit source]

This strip's author took one panel from the original Garfield strip and erased two of the spider's legs to make it look like the spider met the definition of "insect"; as the author's notes state, the original Garfield strip straight-up referred to the spider, eight legs and all, as an insect and attempted to handwave the two extra legs as "spares".

The author writes:[edit | edit source]

Here's an example of an original strip that just doesn't work. In it, Jim Davis inadvertantly calls an arachnid an insect. I couldn't let that slide.

Original strip: 2014-06-26.

Transcript[edit | edit source]

{Garfield is sitting in front of an insect}
Insect: We insects have six legs.