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ailurinae · 1 year ago

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Causes great back pain, I'd presume. Human spines are bad enough due to being reoriented for the vertical. Having a 90° turn and another whole length of spine is bound to cause even more issues.

Guys do centaurs have to eat both horse food and human food?

#I'd think there would have to be two digestive systems #Not convinced that grass and some grains would be enough to power a human brain (~25% of our energy budget IIRC)#Maybe it could work if the horse system was swapped out for a much larger human-style digestive system?#And they just ate a lot of human food?#But while it would be much bigger than a normal human system #It wouldn't be as big as a horse's #Don't need room for hindgut fermentation #So you'd have this extra space…#I think you'd end up with the horse's body looking more like racing dog #Also while having horse lungs would be necessary #I think the human wind pipe and mouth/nose would just not be big enough #Maybe for standing around or walking slowly #But not for any kind of exercise #And especially not running hard #Dunno how you fix that #Also #Gestation and birth would be insane #That 90 degree bend is just not going to work #Dunno how to fix that either #The breathing thing maybe you could fix or at least help by giving them avian-style unidirectional breathing #Also the developmental mismatch between human and horse at birth would be an issue #Colt body ready to stand up and run in a few hours #Vs human infant body that can't do shit for months #Maybe just start with a horse head and it magically morphs and grows out a more developed human child torso and head after a while?#IDK #It's a mess

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