on Breathing, a sign of relief in Beijing! · c/worldnews · 27 pts · 3yThis reads like it was written by the Chinese government.
on Xenomorphon baranowskii - A newly discovered species of beetle that completely lacks wings or elytra · c/mildlyinteresting · 2 pts · 3yFor anyone else who doesn’t know what elytra are, they are the “protective wing-cases for the hindwings underneath, which are used for flying. To fly, a beetle typically opens the elytra and then extends the hindwings.” https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elytron
This reads like it was written by the Chinese government.
For anyone else who doesn’t know what elytra are, they are the “protective wing-cases for the hindwings underneath, which are used for flying. To fly, a beetle typically opens the elytra and then extends the hindwings.”
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elytron