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Breathing, a sign of relief in Beijing! in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 26 points 1 year ago (13 children)

This reads like it was written by the Chinese government.

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Xenomorphon baranowskii - A newly discovered species of beetle that completely lacks wings or elytra in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

For anyone else who doesn’t know what elytra are, they are the “protective wing-cases for the hindwings underneath, which are used for flying. To fly, a beetle typically opens the elytra and then extends the hindwings.”

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elytron

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