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.
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.