It’s funny that this is biology in 4th grade and half the people here are shocked
Comment on Bees don't have lungs.
hperrin@lemmy.world 3 days ago
Hold on, wait a minute, pause. There are people who think that bugs have lungs?
Maalus@lemmy.world 3 days ago
frostysauce@lemmy.world 2 days ago
I didn’t think bees had lungs. I also didn’t think bees didn’t have lungs…
SuperSaiyanSwag@lemmy.zip 2 days ago
I’m less bothered by that person not knowing and way more bothered by them just being so confidently incorrect. Doesn’t take long to just look it up yourself. Unless the whole post was an educational setup?
Remember_the_tooth@lemmy.world 3 days ago
To be fair, while bugs and other insects don’t have lungs, some arthropods do. The differences among arthropods, insects and bugs aren’t exactly common knowledge.
TomasEkeli@programming.dev 3 days ago
some have book-lungs not true lungs. Only us fish have “true” lungs
Remember_the_tooth@lemmy.world 3 days ago
Agreed. I was referring to book lungs.
Also, I feel like you got some ‘splainin’ to do regarding the fish reference.
frigidaphelion@lemmy.world 3 days ago
In a nutshell: speaking cladistically, there is no such thing as a fish, or alternatively, all tetrapods are fish. You cant define a monophyletic group that includes “fish” that doesnt also include humans (and all other tetrapods eg birds and such). That’s my understanding anyway
WhiskyTangoFoxtrot@lemmy.world 3 days ago
We’re all descended from fish.
Also, IIRC, some fish are more closely related to us than they are to other fish, making it impossible to biologically define a category of animal that includes everything we call a fish but doesn’t include us.
Dasus@lemmy.world 2 days ago
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T156@lemmy.world 3 days ago
Usually not lungs as they exist in mammals, though.
Remember_the_tooth@lemmy.world 3 days ago
You’re right. They’re different.