RE: Hank and John

Hello Nerdfighters! I was listening to the most recent episode of the pod, Episode 129: The Worst Guest Books , and I came across a conversation that I feel needs to be discussed further. In this episode, Hank and John Green were answering a question from Brea about the structure of a snake's digestive system, and in true Dear Hank and John  fashion, the conversation devolved into a discussion of the existence of humanoid snakes. It went something like this... John begun like so:  "I've got an image in my head right now of a snake, but it has semi-normal arms and legs and it walks upright. It's really freaking me out pretty bad...It has human arms and legs, but snake sized." To which, John elaborated more: "What we haven't yet invented is a humanoid snake, Like a centaur, but for snakes." And finally, Hank had a revelation: "Well if its a centaur for snakes, then it's got a human body that sticks up out of the snake. It's a...

Hello Nerdfighters! Over the past few months of Dear Hank and John episodes ,  one of the conversations I've thought about the most has to be the "Mermaid Diet" discussion of Episode 106: Mermaid Cannibalism . In this discussion, John and Hank Green respond to a query from a listener named Laura. Laura's question went like this: "So a mermaid is half fish and half human, right? What do mermaids eat? I know that fish often eat other fish, and that's completely acceptable. But if someone is half fish and half human... would [they] feel cannibalistic eating a fish?" Now, disregarding the fact that mermaids are totally mythical, this seems like a huge dilemma. If I were a mermaid I probably wouldn't feel comfortable eating a fish, but then again being completely sustained by seaweed seems somewhat of a nightmare to me too. John and Hank eventually came to the decision that mermaids probably do eat fish and considering fish species are very biolo...