We were banished to roam the land, never to return to the abyss, we only made it ours when we lost ourselves

[Vermiform]

Why are there so few insects in the ocean?

Tokyo, Japan – Scientists from Tokyo Metropolitan University have proposed a hypothesis for why insects are so rare in marine environments. They previously showed that insects evolved a unique chemical mechanism to harden their shells which uses molecular oxygen and an enzyme called multicopper...

www.eurekalert.org

https://resjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/phen.12406

 

[Goth Boy]

I am still going to hell regardless

 

[Vermiform]

I am still going to hell regardless

Hell is all the people you met along the way to heaven.

 

[Vermiform]

With the childish dicking around out of the way can we all appreciate the irony at hand? The very reason insects were able to dominate the planet is also the reason they can never go back to their place of genesis, I find that so damn fascinating!

 

[Vermiform]

Also I always had a feeling insect exoskeletons were a lot lighter compared to other arthropods, never managed to get the numbers but now I do, apparently crustacean and myriapod cuticles are almost twice as heavy compared to insects'. Which accidentally also means that if insects didn't develop the tracheal system for breathing they could have attain massive sizes a lot easier, maybe even become the norm for many groups. Arthropleura being the largest land arthropod we know of reaching the size of a small crocodile was a relative to millipedes which means it had a heavy exoskeleton, now imagine if it could cut half the weight but keep the mechanical strength of its exoskeleton?

 

[Goth Boy]

 

[Vermiform]

I'd give you the benefit of the doubt and assume you have a beautiful mind rather than a poor sense of humour.

 

[Vermiform]

 

[Ruffles]

The ocean decided that bugs weren't fucked up-looking enough and kicked them out

Either that or they left to avoid the competition in being fucked up-looking

 

[Ruffles]

Plus there's almost no people to freak out down there.
They saw an untapped market forming and they took that shit over before them

All the freaky fish went down to the deep sea to hide out of embarrassment.

 

[Vermiform]

The ocean decided that bugs weren't fucked up-looking enough and kicked them out

That's actually a good point and one touched upon in the study above. Crustaceans have the most diverse morphologies of all animal groups.

These are supposed to be in the same general group

Hell these are crustaceans too! The above is a fish actually, the host to the beauties bellow.

There's even beetle crustaceans.

It's almost insane really.

 

[jane]

bugs are crazy

 

[Vermiform]

bugs are crazy

Insanity is a byproduct of higher intelligence, efficiency is the goal of lower intelligence.

I've always admired how insects bridge the gap between biology and machine, no ego, no higher purpose other than to exist and duplicate.

 

[Vermiform]

Now that I think about it the thing I value the most is my own individuality and the thought of loosing myself is probably the hell I dread the most, funny how people always like to flirt with their biggest fears no?

 

[Vermiform]

I'm also a clean freak

 

[Yoshi]

Crustaceans are basically marine insects anyway. They’re the closest living branch to the Insect branch, so yeah.

 

[Vermiform]

Crustaceans are basically marine insects anyway. They’re the closest living branch to the Insect branch, so yeah.

Marry me.

 

[Goth Boy]

Marry me.

Gayyyyy

 

[Vermiform]

Although insects are technically not crustaceans proper but rather they arouse from crustaceans (remipedes fit the profile for now) and together are part of pancrustacea which basically means all crusties.

 

[Vermiform]

Gayyyyy

I'm pass puberty, unfortunately it appears I am indeed not gay.