Six limbs: four “legs” (two front limbs and two hind limbs) and two wings.
Ew steven crowder
If the wings are limbs, shouldn’t insects be considered to have 8-10?
Yeah, he’s not fucking real.
Also this template on lemmy is a faux pas.
why? I am out of the loop.
I saw the link rumble.com on the article and gosh I wish I didn’t open it 🤦♂️.
She’s a lizard? Just like winged dinosaurs don’t count as insects, even if they have four legs.
winged dinosaurs have four limbs: their wings and two hind legs. This is true of pterosaurs and birds
But a lot of insects have wings that dont go toward the foots count.
Wings in invertebrates developed differently from those in vertebrates. Yes, vertebrates’ wings developed from their forelimbs (birds, bats, etc.), but invertebrates’ wings are a separate system entirely. Hence ants have 6 legs, whether they have wings or not.
I think George RR Martin commented about 6 appendage dragons and how he doesn’t approve of them.
It clearly pissed him off enough that he refuses to finish the next book out of sheer principle.
She’s a mythical creature, she probably belongs to her own category.
Perhaps the wings are articulated ribs?
Tbh i would slap this insect in my home with my fly swatter only if it wouldn’t set my house on fire every time i approach it
