Why Don't Insects Live in the Ocean? Scientists Just Ruled Out One Possible Explanation Thanks to Deep-Diving Fly Larvae

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/why-dont-insects-live-in-the-ocean-scientists-just-ruled-out-one-possible-explanation-thanks-to-deep-diving-fly-larvae-180989348/

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ChicoSuave@lemmy.world · 18 pts · 9d (2 replies)

Shrimps is bugs

atomicbocks@sh.itjust.works · 7 pts · 9d (1 reply)

This has always gotten me confused. There are several land based bugs, like rolly-pollies, that are technically crustaceans not insects but for some reason we don’t see water crustaceans the same way. The article even mentions that crustaceans fill the same niche.

communist@lemmy.frozeninferno.xyz · 5 pts · 9d

Hexapoda is now underneath crustacea, all of them are crustaceans.

TwodogsFighting@lemdro.id · 6 pts · 10d (1 reply)

It's probably a lot easier to not live in the ocean where EVERYTHING wants to eat you.

Nouvellalia@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 8d

Have you not been on land?