Kinda makes you wonder if they also have two hearts, four lungs, etc. Or is all that duplicate space just empty? What part gets the heart? The human or the horse part?
...Maybe I'm thinking too hard about the anatomy of a mythical creature.
You know, cows have four stomachs or stomach-like organs, and animals in general have redundancy in their various systems... Maybe for a creature like a centaur, some organs need to have redundancies for maximum efficiency? I can definitely see the use of two or more hearts to properly circulate all that blood. And maybe a couple of stomaches to handle the differently sourced nutrients needed for a horse body and human body/mind.
I won't even touch the bone structure nightmare. I'm no fucking mythical creature doctor.
Kinda makes you wonder if they also have two hearts, four lungs, etc. Or is all that duplicate space just empty? What part gets the heart? The human or the horse part?
...Maybe I'm thinking too hard about the anatomy of a mythical creature.
You know, cows have four stomachs or stomach-like organs, and animals in general have redundancy in their various systems... Maybe for a creature like a centaur, some organs need to have redundancies for maximum efficiency? I can definitely see the use of two or more hearts to properly circulate all that blood. And maybe a couple of stomaches to handle the differently sourced nutrients needed for a horse body and human body/mind.
I won't even touch the bone structure nightmare. I'm no fucking mythical creature doctor.