That sounds like a vestige from the Catholic habit of not eating meat at times, so the definition of "what's meat" got really specific and excluded things like fish and chicken.

[–] threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works 6 points 5 days ago (1 children)

the Catholic habit of not eating meat at times, so the definition of "what's meat" got really specific

"Beavers are fish, right? And fish aren't meat, so..."

[–] Whats_your_reasoning@lemmy.world 2 points 5 days ago (1 children)

I mean, the bible lists bats as a kind of bird, so sure, why not.

[–] threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 days ago

...the osprey, the stork, any kind of heron, the hoopoe and the bat.

What's a hoopoe?

[–] Pofski@lemmy.world 4 points 6 days ago

That actually makes sense. I didn't think about that. Thanks.