Researchers thought that insects might not live there because their respiratory systems would implode from water pressure. But certain fly larvae in East Africa make daily trips toward the bottom of Lake Malawi with the help of strong air sacs that contain a stretchy protein
  • k0e3@lemmy.caEnglish
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    21 days ago

    Too many people thinking “shrimps/crustaceans are bugs,” as if that’s some kind of gotcha. You could call them bugs, but insects and bugs aren’t the same things.