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Re:The evolutionary mystery of the German cockroach by 082349872349872 on Thursday November 07, 2024 @06:24AM (#42075715)
The other day I was wondering if Borges had read Lichtenberg:

> “Some people come by the name of genius in the same way that certain insects come by the name of centipede -- not because they have a hundred feet, but because most people can't count above 14.” —GCL

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centipede#:~:text=Despite%20th... (why an odd number?)

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Re:The evolutionary mystery of the German cockroach by croisillon on Thursday November 07, 2024 @06:48AM (#42075836)
well insects have an odd number of pairs as well
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Re:The evolutionary mystery of the German cockroach by 082349872349872 on Thursday November 07, 2024 @07:11AM (#42075952)
centipedes, insects, and spiders pairwise have the arthropods as their common lineage, and spiders have 4 pairs?

EDIT: but what about palps? crustaceans also can have even pairs of walking legs, but odd numbers of leg-like structures...

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