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the duality of beetle (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

submitted 2 weeks ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 127 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Fun fact! This beetle is illegal in Florida.

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[–] [email protected] 39 points 2 weeks ago

Obviously beetles aren't smart enough to comprehend 5th grade science.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

That's really interestng. I assume it's the left photo from above and the right photo from below.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gynandromorphism

Genuinely an interesting mutation, it's weird that it's listed as happening in Rodents but not other mammals? Is that just a numbers thing I wonder?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Well, you can see where the legs connect on the right one, but not the left one, so yeah

[–] [email protected] 131 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Americans hate this one simple beetle!

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[–] [email protected] 61 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

But there are only 2 genders, no in-between

[–] [email protected] 33 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Thats the oldest looking baby I've ever seen

[–] [email protected] 28 points 2 weeks ago

This looks like Turkish actor Mehmet Cerrahoglu, most famous for playing the villian in the horror movie Baskin. He is suffering from Gapo Syndrome, a rare genetic disorder.