# The issue with centaurs... **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [April 2, 2010, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-issue-with-centaurs/534766 "2010-04-02T19:40:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Grumman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/43a26b/32.png) [@Grumman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grumman)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2010, 7:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-issue-with-centaurs/534766/41 "2010-04-06T07:20:20Z")
I would definitely not say it’s as bad as bestiality, since you’re at least dealing with another sapient being as an equal, but I would still imagine the horse- or deer-parts to be rather unappealing. I’ll go with something similar to what **Ale** said: I could see a relationship, but not sex. ---
**Author:** ![BleizDu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9dc877/32.png) [@BleizDu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BleizDu)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2010, 9:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-issue-with-centaurs/534766/42 "2010-04-06T09:57:56Z")
I would totally bone a centaur, and imagine what it would like to date one and go hiking with him/her! All the power of a horse to carry your pack or even yourself, without needing to deal with a non-sentient being! Now, cuddling while sleeping might be awkward to manage. ---
**Author:** ![muldoonthief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muldoonthief/32/3188_2.png) [@muldoonthief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/muldoonthief)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2010, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-issue-with-centaurs/534766/43 "2010-04-06T13:24:20Z")
Obligatory [Perry Bible Fellowship](http://www.pbfcomics.com/?cid=PBF059-Disgusting_Ted.jpg) comic. ---
**Author:** ![drastic\_quench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e36b37/32.png) [@drastic\_quench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drastic_quench)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2010, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-issue-with-centaurs/534766/44 "2010-04-06T16:39:54Z")
A one night stand, sure. But you get into a relationship and those stable fees are a killer. ---
**Author:** ![Captain\_Amazing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6de8d8/32.png) [@Captain\_Amazing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Amazing)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2010, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-issue-with-centaurs/534766/45 "2010-04-06T17:41:21Z")
> [@Giles](#): > > Well, I don’t think my wife would want me doing it horsey style with some strange female, but at least it would better than a mermaid: how do you have sex with a fish? From Family Guy: > [@](#): > > Lois: I would have been dead if it hadn’t been for a passing merman who treated my wounds and carried me to safety. It sounds romantic, I know, but unfortunately, he was kind of the reverse of what you’d expect a merman to be. > Merman: I wish to make love to you. > Lois: Oh, uh… [chuckles] no, thank you. > Merman: What are you talking about? I thought this was a woman’s fantasy? > Lois: Yeah, but, this is sort of the opposite. Like, if you had a man’s body and fish legs, then it’d be different. > Merman: Yeah, but then I wouldn’t have a penis. > Lois: Well, but I– > Merman: See? there you go. I just poked a huge hole in your logic. > Lois: I’m sorry, I-I’m just gonna have to say no. ---
**Author:** ![Push\_You\_Down](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/push_you_down/32/9095_2.png) [@Push\_You\_Down](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Push_You_Down)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2010, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-issue-with-centaurs/534766/46 "2010-04-06T17:53:22Z")
Centaur fetish is like a real thing. just google sexy centaurs and you will find a shit ton of site dedicated to it. I’d totally try it with a lady-taur. ---
**Author:** ![Enderw24](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ba9def/32.png) [@Enderw24](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enderw24)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2010, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-issue-with-centaurs/534766/47 "2010-04-06T18:13:52Z")
> [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](#): > > I’m only here to share that the name for a female centaur is _Kentauride_. Grass, gas or ass, you kentauride for free. ---
**Author:** ![Quercus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/7ab992/32.png) [@Quercus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quercus)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2010, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-issue-with-centaurs/534766/48 "2010-04-06T18:27:11Z")
“Cutter John”? A-Rod, is that you? ---
**Author:** ![SenorBeef](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senorbeef/32/2220_2.png) [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2010, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-issue-with-centaurs/534766/49 "2010-04-06T18:48:17Z")
It doesn’t really sound appealing if I’m going at the horse parts, but I feel like in general I’d have a hard time passing up sex with mythical creatures. How often does anyone get the chance? ---
**Author:** ![Lanzy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/74df32/32.png) [@Lanzy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lanzy)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2010, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-issue-with-centaurs/534766/50 "2010-04-06T19:05:02Z")
Human hands, human breasts, human mouth? Simple decision. ---
**Author:** ![SenorBeef](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senorbeef/32/2220_2.png) [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2010, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-issue-with-centaurs/534766/51 "2010-04-06T19:11:34Z")
> [@Lanzy](#): > > Human hands, human breasts, human mouth? Simple decision. Oh sure, only thinking of yourself. Poor centaurs… ---
**Author:** ![Bright\_Life](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/cdc98d/32.png) [@Bright\_Life](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bright_Life)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2010, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-issue-with-centaurs/534766/52 "2010-04-06T20:15:42Z")
Well, the whole “hung like a horse” thing seems to present a problem for the human female. Consider, though, that if said Centaur IS hung like a horse, perhaps a good 6-8 inches could reach past the forelegs and provide adequate…company. At this point, though, the question becomes… _What’s in it for the Centaur?_ ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2010, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-issue-with-centaurs/534766/53 "2010-04-06T20:26:30Z")
It’s NOT bestiality. They are sentient and intelligent. However, contrary to folk lore, bigger is not necessarily better and as others have said, centaur =WAY TOO DAMN BIG. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2010, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-issue-with-centaurs/534766/54 "2010-04-07T01:51:22Z")
Nope. Other than the face, the most attractive part of a female\* would be missing. The boobs might help, but it just wouldn’t work. \*probably not the part you’re thinking of. I’m a leg man. ---
**Author:** ![Lumpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lumpy/32/446_2.png) [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2010, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-issue-with-centaurs/534766/55 "2010-04-07T02:18:07Z")
> [@BigT](#): > > Nope. Other than the face, the most attractive part of a female\* would be missing. The boobs might help, but it just wouldn’t work. > > \*probably not the part you’re thinking of. I’m a leg man. I’m not going to post a link, but there are photoshopped pictures you can Google that depict females with a humano-centaurid\* body plan: the standard package, plus an extra lower torso, pelvis and legs of human appearance in the back. \*is that even a word? ---
**Author:** ![Green\_Bean](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/green_bean/32/1760_2.png) [@Green\_Bean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Bean)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2010, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-issue-with-centaurs/534766/56 "2010-04-07T03:17:46Z")
> [@Linty\_Fresh](#): > > [Christopher Walken, is that you?](http://vidbunker.com/christopher_walken_interviews_a_centaur) My favorite SNL sketch! > [@](#): > > Boss: The rest of the interview will be Centaur questions. Do you have sex with horses, or with human women? > > Centaur: Uh.. neither. I’m really only attracted to other Centaurs. > > Boss: Okay. What if were a horse with a mask of a woman on it? > > Centaur: No. I mean, would you have sex with a monkey if it had a mask on? > > Boss: This interview is not about me. ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2010, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-issue-with-centaurs/534766/57 "2010-04-07T03:51:14Z")
> [@Lumpy](#): > > I’m not going to post a link, but there are photoshopped pictures you can Google that depict females with a humano-centaurid\* body plan: the standard package, plus an extra lower torso, pelvis and legs of human appearance in the back. I’ve heard those called “humantaurs”, or “girltaurs”; “boytaurs” being the male version obviously. There’s an entire family of kinks involving duplicated/extra body parts like that. > [@Lumpy](#): > > \*is that even a word? [Yes](http://meteorshowersonline.com/showers/alpha-beta_centaurids.html), but it doesn’t refer to centaurs as such. [Centauroid](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centauroid_creature) would be the one you are looking for. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2010, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-issue-with-centaurs/534766/58 "2010-04-07T04:59:06Z")
> [@Lumpy](#): > > I’m not going to post a link, but there are photoshopped pictures you can Google that depict females with a humano-centaurid\* body plan: the standard package, plus an extra lower torso, pelvis and legs of human appearance in the back. > > \*is that even a word? I was expecting to be freaked out, but the one and only picture I found of a female humantaur wasn’t that bad. I actually could understand the fetish, as it looks like a normal girl standing straight up, with another girl behind her with the head between the first’s legs, in perfect standing doggy style. (ETA: arms are between the legs too, I guess.) It also made me notice something I’d never thought of before. A Centaur is not half-person half-horse. While you do have half of a person, you have much more than half of a horse: only his head is removed. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2010, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-issue-with-centaurs/534766/59 "2010-04-07T05:13:09Z")
I don’t interact much with the nether regions anyway. But I’d have to check out his mouth to be sure it’s human . . . horse teeth can be dangerous. ---
**Author:** ![Wolverine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ba9def/32.png) [@Wolverine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wolverine)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2010, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-issue-with-centaurs/534766/60 "2010-04-07T05:22:22Z")
> [@panache45](#): > > I don’t interact much with the nether regions anyway. But I’d have to check out his mouth to be sure it’s human . . . horse teeth can be dangerous. Don’t look a gift (for sex) horse in the mouth. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-issue-with-centaurs/534766.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-issue-with-centaurs/534766.md?page=4)