Subject: Oh, definitely.
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Posted on: 2021-12-16 15:49:01 UTC

Probably a combination of soft and hard exoskeleton as needed, with a soft, hairy integument (like a flannel moth caterpillar) covering most of the body and harder plates on the legs and torso and such. I think they can even be layered, so presumably you could have some hard plates on the inside and softer stuff on the outside. The outer appearance is clearly some sort of adaptation to evolutionary pressures, though whether it's for hunting, defense, mating, or some combination is not clear to me.

(Y'know, I seem to recall reading something about arthropod centaurs, too. Alien ones? No idea where, though. And, just for the record, this whole thread is officially Too Silly; I couldn't resist the urge to call out hS for it in response to the "trunks" and then propose something equally if not more absurd. {; P Didn't know that about the word "tetrapod," though, so TIL!)

~Neshomeh

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