PeriodicallyPedantic@lemmy.ca to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · 3 years agoall head, all the timelemmy.caimagemessage-square10linkfedilinkarrow-up1205arrow-down114file-text
arrow-up1191arrow-down1imageall head, all the timelemmy.caPeriodicallyPedantic@lemmy.ca to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · 3 years agomessage-square10linkfedilinkfile-text
Scientists couldn’t find the head of the starfish. Turns out, the entire thing is head, it’s the body that is missing.
minus-squareFuglyDuck@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 years agoSo somebody went and looked at its genetic structure, and compared its structure as it developed from larva and found that each of the limbs (if I understand it correctly) are all head (or heads,) and the tail disappears. they talk about it here for normies like me. the starfish thing starts at 2:15
So somebody went and looked at its genetic structure, and compared its structure as it developed from larva and found that each of the limbs (if I understand it correctly) are all head (or heads,) and the tail disappears.
they talk about it here for normies like me. the starfish thing starts at 2:15