hstde@feddit.de to Mildly Interesting@lemmy.world · 11 months agoA 46,000-year-old worm found in Siberian permafrost was brought back to life, and started having babieswww.businessinsider.comexternal-linkmessage-square42fedilinkarrow-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 · 11 months agomessage-square42fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareAremel@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·11 months agoI always thought they were. If not insects, what are they?
minus-squareMr_Dr_Oink@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·11 months agoI always thought of them as molluscs Til
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minus-squareMr_Dr_Oink@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·11 months 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-211 months agoI thought all insects have 6 legs, 2 antenna, and an exoskeleton, therefore worms like mealworms aren’t insects either.
minus-squareXYZinferno@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·11 months 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
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