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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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