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Re:A daddy-longlegs possesses six eyes, including two vestig... by webdoodle on Friday March 01, 2024 @10:32AM (#39562694)
I think it's foolhardy to assume they are vestigial. Did they test other spectrums such IR, UV, etc? Did they test other phenomenon such as muons? Evolution wouldn't have put something there if it didn't serve a function.
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Re:A daddy-longlegs possesses six eyes, including two vestig... by feverdream on Friday March 01, 2024 @12:02PM (#39563811)
Isn't that part of what it means to be vestigial? It used to serve a function, but it doesn't now.
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Re:A daddy-longlegs possesses six eyes, including two vestig... by dwighttk on Friday March 01, 2024 @12:18PM (#39564025)
Vestigial has often meant “we don’t know/haven’t identified what function this serves” … yet.
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Re:A daddy-longlegs possesses six eyes, including two vestig... by Intralexical on Friday March 01, 2024 @01:29PM (#39565003)
The famously "vestigial" human appendix actually serves as a seed vault for replenishing gut microbiota after a gut disaster, I hear.
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Re:A daddy-longlegs possesses six eyes, including two vestig... by hammock on Friday March 01, 2024 @01:27PM (#39564985)
Unfortunately. As with the appendix.
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