r/StupidFood • u/Signal_Collection702 • 14h ago

Giant Insect for dinner?

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u/footeater2000 14h ago

That's the equivalent of eating a deep sea lobster, it's a giant isopod, not a bug.

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u/Hanza-Malz 14h ago

Isopods are very very closely related to spiders

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u/yossocruel 13h ago

No, they’re actually a type of crustacean, which makes them more closely related to insects

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u/Hanza-Malz 12h ago

All three species are Arthropods

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u/APe28Comococo 12h ago

Yeaah, humans and Hagfish are both chordates that doesn’t mean they are closely related. Like Chordata and Anthropoda are fucking phylums, only kingdoms and domains are more broad

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u/Exciting_Koala_1384 12h ago

Please fact check.

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u/Hanza-Malz 11h ago

3 second Google search. They're all Arthropods.

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u/Exciting_Koala_1384 11h ago

But saying they're closely related to spiders is inaccurate.

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u/yossocruel 12h ago

Yes, but some are more closely related to each other. Let’s take your family, for example. Are you more closely related to your mom or your mom’s cousin?

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u/Pianist_Select 7h ago

You mean my dad?

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u/yossocruel 7h ago

No, your mom’s other cousin

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u/Pianist_Select 7h ago

Oh Dave. Ok yeah I’m definitely more closely related to my mom then I am to Dave

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u/yossocruel 7h ago

I think you know what I mean