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[cellio]

Conversation snippet from dinner after choir practice:

Steve: What are the kosher requirements for fish?
Me: Fins and scales.
Hilda: Does that mean Aquaman is kosher?

The conversation forked at that point, with me asserting that Aquaman is a mammal (and thus the rules are different) and Dani asserting that those aren't scales.

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[ladymondegreen.livejournal.com]

Talk this one over with Seanan when she gets back. *grin*

Her mermaid character, Aijou, is under constant threat of being eaten, though not by Jews.

[sethcohen.livejournal.com]

*smirk*

They're not scales! Really!

[goljerp]

The conversation forked at that point, with me asserting that Aquaman is a mammal (and thus the rules are different) and Dani asserting that those aren't scales.

I'm not sure if Aquaman has real scales or not. However, in my opinion, the fact that he's a mammal has nothing to do with the matter. Dolphins are not kosher only because they don't have scales. (Now, you might be able to argue that Aquaman isn't kosher because, like an amphibian, he lives both in and out of the water...)

Sounds like a fun conversation...

Re: They're not scales! Really!

[cellio]

Yeah, you're right -- it's not the mammal thing so much as that he walks on land in addition to swimming, so you have to either establish which is primary or consider both sets of rules. (During the conversation, I did ask how we could determine whether Aquaman chews his cud or has split hooves. :-) )

D'oh!

[goljerp]

Of course he isn't kosher; he walks on land on two legs. (Kosher land food has to go on all fours.)

Darn, I was just getting in the mood for some bar-b-qued Aquaman...