A daddy-longlegs possesses six eyes, including two vestigial pairs

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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