ickplant@lemmy.world to Comic Strips@lemmy.world · 11 hours agoAnimals with Misleading Names by Bird and Moonlemmy.worldimagemessage-square86fedilinkarrow-up1700arrow-down13
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minus-squareremon@ani.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up20arrow-down2·edit-211 hours agoCamel spider - Not a camel, Not a spider.
minus-squareTheTechnician27@lemmy.worldMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·edit-210 hours agoNot only that, but horseshoe crabs are closer to camel spiders than they are to crabs – closer, in fact, than horseshoe crabs are to bees, which themselves are (recently) crustaceans. Not sure why you got downvoted, btw; great example.
minus-squareTheTechnician27@lemmy.worldMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-22 hours agoBees are insects are hexapods are crustaceans, yup! Edit: this is a very recent thing, by the way.
Camel spider - Not a camel, Not a spider.
Not only that, but horseshoe crabs are closer to camel spiders than they are to crabs – closer, in fact, than horseshoe crabs are to bees, which themselves are (recently) crustaceans.
Not sure why you got downvoted, btw; great example.
Bees are crustaceans‽
Bees are insects are hexapods are crustaceans, yup!
Edit: this is a very recent thing, by the way.
Were.