When I take my dog for a walk, he finds the biggest stick he can, whether or not he can carry it.
When I was in high school I knew a kid that loved Braveheart so much he got a reproduction of the claymore, a sword that was easily ten inches taller than him.
I think some dudes, no matter the species, just like the big pointy stick.
The recursive centaur is half horse, half recursive centaur.