I have a question about centaur babies.

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Would the human section be all floppy and helpless like a whole human baby, while the horsey but be able to walk around like a horse baby? Or would both half’s be either humanly floppy and under developed or Horsily matured?

and how would mama centaur birth something that shape?

There's a fanfic that deals with this. It's Harry Potter, but a veeeery long way AU!

m.fanfiction.net/s/11480714/1/The-Heart-of-the-Herd

Sex like horses, a LOT of food to upkeep such a big body, longish pregnancy and the baby is toddlerish.

Humans only have such floppy, useless babies as a side effect if being bipedal; our pelvis can't be big enough for a longer pregnancy and bigger baby. A centaur wouldn't have that problem.

There's a very interesting bit about herd mates lactating in the presence of other foals....

If a horse needs this many calories, I think the human mouth would need to be eating fat and sugar to get enough!

Good Lord. No wonder we have the expression 'eating like a horse'.

now I really wish I was a centaur.

That is such a disturbing thought!

I recall there were some representations of mermaids having starfish bras. At least one Disney film, I think. Which then led me to this train of thought:

Oh god Kucinghitam.
Did you have to?

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I think I would make an excellent centaur.

@swimminginthesun I am sure you would. but I would definitely beat you in getting the calories in. yet to meet someone who can match my relentless pursuit of food.

Most likely horse bits in the horse area

This question feeds into my own curiosities into what Lynel foals would be like

How the hell does a horse get that many calories from a small field of yellowing grass? (My pony is in such a field, with several fieldmates, and is on the chubby side).

Not just the calories - horses need between 25-70 litres of water a day. No wonder centaurs are so grumpy.

Goodness. Now I know why they pee like a fire hose.
Maybe as centaurs are omnivorous and can eat more calorie dense food they don't need quite as much as if they're washing down just grass and hay?

I'm still wondering what a centaur X minotaur child would be like? Maybe like a horse with a bull's head or a human that acts like a centaur?

I reckon do it in stripes so bull head, human body, horse front, bull back half??

Cowpats everywhere though.

And it'd be wonky.

Cleverer and better at jumping than a basic Minotaur so you'd need to upgrade your labyrinth

Shit that's a point. And brilliant at kicking if blessed with a horse's arse (not often I say that).

@tt9

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now I really wish I was a centaur."

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Why though? Just so you could be the centaur of attention?

for sure that would be a bonus

but mainly because I could eat like a horse....

centaur of attention

brilliant

Do you know this exact thread happened about 10 years ago. It is somewhere in classics but I am on my phone and can't find it. It was awesome last time and awesome this time too. I am blown away by how smart mumsnetters are.