hstde@feddit.de to Mildly Interesting@lemmy.world · 1 year agoA 46,000-year-old worm found in Siberian permafrost was brought back to life, and started having babieswww.businessinsider.comexternal-linkmessage-square41fedilinkarrow-up1177arrow-down15file-text
arrow-up1172arrow-down1external-linkA 46,000-year-old worm found in Siberian permafrost was brought back to life, and started having babieswww.businessinsider.comhstde@feddit.de to Mildly Interesting@lemmy.world · 1 year agomessage-square41fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareGomez@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down1·1 year agoOne thing is for certain, there is no stopping them. The worms will soon be here. And I for one welcome our new insect overlords. I can be helpful in rounding up others to toil in their underground sugar caves.
minus-squareNecronomicommunist@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoYou think worms are insects?
minus-squareAremel@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoI always thought they were. If not insects, what are they?
minus-squareMr_Dr_Oink@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoI always thought of them as molluscs Til
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minus-squareMr_Dr_Oink@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoCool! Also learned from another comment that the word “worm” is like “fish” in that it describes a variety of creatures that all look similar but are from different groups of animals. Til even more
minus-squareRufio@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-21 year agoI thought all insects have 6 legs, 2 antenna, and an exoskeleton, therefore worms like mealworms aren’t insects either.
minus-squareXYZinferno@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 year agoA quick way to tell if something is an insect is if it has a head, a thorax, an abdomen, exactly 6 legs, and antennae The 6 legs is usually the biggest giveaway, discounts millipedes, centipedes, worms, spiders, etc. from being insects
One thing is for certain, there is no stopping them. The worms will soon be here.
And I for one welcome our new insect overlords.
I can be helpful in rounding up others to toil in their underground sugar caves.
You think worms are insects?
I always thought they were. If not insects, what are they?
Annelids.
I always thought of them as molluscs
Til
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Cool! Also learned from another comment that the word “worm” is like “fish” in that it describes a variety of creatures that all look similar but are from different groups of animals.
Til even more
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I thought all insects have 6 legs, 2 antenna, and an exoskeleton, therefore worms like mealworms aren’t insects either.
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A quick way to tell if something is an insect is if it has a head, a thorax, an abdomen, exactly 6 legs, and antennae
The 6 legs is usually the biggest giveaway, discounts millipedes, centipedes, worms, spiders, etc. from being insects
TIL I’m an insect