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Re:The Beetle That Heads for the ‘Back Door’ When Eaten by a... by dev_tty01 on Wednesday August 02, 2023 @11:23AM (#36972157)
I think we have to know the order in which these features occurred. As others pointed out, chewing has other benefits. Maybe evolution took advantage of chewing to change the air intake design for some other advantage.
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Re:The Beetle That Heads for the ‘Back Door’ When Eaten by a... by bmitc on Thursday August 03, 2023 @03:01AM (#36982322)
I thought of this, as it could also be the other way around. As in, hey this food is already chewed because of the air intake design, resources can be allocated elsewhere instead of spending them on digesting. Or it developed completely differently I'm actually curious as to what the guesstimated order is.
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