My whole existence is flawed.
Mandibles
Submitted 6 days ago by fossilesque@mander.xyz to science_memes@mander.xyz
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BreadOven@lemmy.world 6 days ago
zero_spelled_with_an_ecks@programming.dev 6 days ago
My whole existence is
flawedjawedYou bring me closer to maw
BreadOven@lemmy.world 6 days ago
Hahaha. Yes.
Nuke_the_whales@lemmy.world 6 days ago
Nine inch mandibles
Hjalamanger@feddit.nu 6 days ago
Can they actually bite using those things or are there just there to look scary?
Saeveo@lemmy.world 6 days ago
On the Giant Water Bug (bottom left) they aren’t even mouthparts, those are it’s first pair of legs.
Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 5 days ago
isn’t that technically how it works for all arthropods? Anything vaguely limb-like is in fact a heavily derived leg, including antennae.
southsamurai@sh.itjust.works 6 days ago
Afaik, only the ant bites. The others use them for flinging opponents or grappling with them.
Unlike me, I grapple so I can bite
Barx@hexbear.net 6 days ago
The lower left is a toe biter water bug with one of the most painful venoms on the planet
Hjalamanger@feddit.nu 6 days ago
I’m getting very mixed answers here (someone else said that’s it’s legs
grrgyle@slrpnk.net 6 days ago
We don’t deserve ants
southsamurai@sh.itjust.works 6 days ago
You get me closer to god