It’s true that a Grinch could be a kind of Who, but considering how different Whos look compared to this Grinch and the famous green one, there’s no reason to think they are.
You have two species that can understand each other’s languages, live in close proximity, have the same body plan, and are both the rarest form of species - sentient intelligent tool users. The odds that they both evolved simultaneously and independently is vanishingly small. Maybe they’re a homo sapiens/neanderthal situation - two separate but related species. But odds are this is simply a case of racial persecution.
Oh, I’m sure they’re related, but other than being humanoid (along with many, many other Seussian species), there’s nothing linking them as being the same species. The Grinch’s size alone is considerably larger than a Who’s.
No, Grinches are a distinct species:
I don’t see any reference to two distinct species in that page…
It’s true that a Grinch could be a kind of Who, but considering how different Whos look compared to this Grinch and the famous green one, there’s no reason to think they are.
Humans of different races can look pretty different from one another and only a problematic few would have trouble thinking we’re the same species.
Starting to sound like a Who Supremacist to me /s
You have two species that can understand each other’s languages, live in close proximity, have the same body plan, and are both the rarest form of species - sentient intelligent tool users. The odds that they both evolved simultaneously and independently is vanishingly small. Maybe they’re a homo sapiens/neanderthal situation - two separate but related species. But odds are this is simply a case of racial persecution.
Oh, I’m sure they’re related, but other than being humanoid (along with many, many other Seussian species), there’s nothing linking them as being the same species. The Grinch’s size alone is considerably larger than a Who’s.