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Six newly discovered beetle species include one with bottle-opener shaped genitalia (phys.org)

submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Researchers often use the genitalia of insects to differentiate species, since they are a reliable signature of a species uniqueness. A newly discovered beetle has been found to have genitalia that look remarkably similar to a bottle opener.

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

Another way of looking at it is bottle openers look remarkably similar to beetle genitalia.

I think the beetles were here first.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

That is a very good point. Cheers!