@Dracorex
I thought chitin was a polymerized sugar with amino crosslinks, sort of like cellulose but more strongly bonded and therefore denser and more durable.
I’m reminded of that Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy episode where everyone finds out the main ingredient in those delicious cookies is live grasshoppers.
Edited because: Whoops! Posted on wrong image.
“Burned”? “Burned”!?

your current filter.I knew couldn’t have been the only one
evan555alpha already had a similar idea.
So that’s where she got the idea
I meant closely related. As in more so than to plants, which people often mistake fungi for being.
Every atom in the observable universe is related.
This is the proof that fungi are related to animals.
@Background Pony #5AF4
You’re absolutely right. It’s been a while since I’ve studied biochemistry.
I thought chitin was a polymerized sugar with amino crosslinks, sort of like cellulose but more strongly bonded and therefore denser and more durable.
“Um… yeah. It’s a long story.”

your current filter.So he is! I guess it was too subtle for me.
Also, mushrooms.
It’s a protein, like keratin.
It’s what the exoskeletons of arthropods are made of.
Basically, imagine biting down on a piece of crab shell.
but he is already moving it to his mouth