• azi@mander.xyz
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    7 months ago

    Pill millipedes (looks like Glomeris marginata) vs isopods (some Armadillidium species as it can roll up into a ball). Incredible case of convergent evolution

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      7 months ago

      holy cow, I was today years old when I found out they weren’t the same family.

      i thought both pictures, top/bottom, were an interesting factoid where they are crustaceans… you mean to tell me the top one is a millipede?! my life is a lie.