Mandibles

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• southsamurai@sh.itjust.works ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  You get me closer to god

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• BreadOven@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  My whole existence is flawed.

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  • zero_spelled_with_an_ecks@programming.dev ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    My whole existence is flawed jawed

    You bring me closer to maw

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    • BreadOven@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Hahaha. Yes.

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• Nuke_the_whales@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Nine inch mandibles

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• Hjalamanger@feddit.nu ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Can they actually bite using those things or are there just there to look scary?

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  • Saeveo@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    On the Giant Water Bug (bottom left) they aren’t even mouthparts, those are it’s first pair of legs.

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    • rickyrigatoni@lemm.ee ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      That’s kinda hot

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    • Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      isn’t that technically how it works for all arthropods? Anything vaguely limb-like is in fact a heavily derived leg, including antennae.

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  • southsamurai@sh.itjust.works ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Afaik, only the ant bites. The others use them for flinging opponents or grappling with them.

    Unlike me, I grapple so I can bite

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  • Barx@hexbear.net ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    The lower left is a toe biter water bug with one of the most painful venoms on the planet

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    • Hjalamanger@feddit.nu ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I’m getting very mixed answers here (someone else said that’s it’s legs

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• grrgyle@slrpnk.net ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  We don’t deserve ants

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