Re:Repurposing the cadaver of a spider to create a pneumatic...
by eru on Sunday July 31, 2022 @04:17AM
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Yes.
Similarly to how the cells in your bones and muscles don't reproduce.
This is one of the ways biology can work. And it's not in contradiction to what I wrote. Just the opposite.
Though to go a bit deeper: plenty of other creatures derive advantages (and disadvantages) from trees. But for making the biology work, the advantages to the tree genes just have to outweigh the disadvantages to the tree genes.
Similarly to how the cells in your bones and muscles don't reproduce.
This is one of the ways biology can work. And it's not in contradiction to what I wrote. Just the opposite.
Though to go a bit deeper: plenty of other creatures derive advantages (and disadvantages) from trees. But for making the biology work, the advantages to the tree genes just have to outweigh the disadvantages to the tree genes.