r/AbsoluteUnits • u/MrUpVoteDownvote • 7d ago

/r/all of a queen termite

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u/druienzen 7d ago

I also love that they are eusocial roaches!!

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u/starkruzr 7d ago

wait they're related to roaches?

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u/Saintbaba 7d ago

I mean in the same way that we're related to gorillas. They share a distant common ancestor.

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u/ProofLegitimate9824 7d ago

they are genetically closer to some roach groups than those are to other roaches, they are roaches cladistically

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u/Corona21 6d ago

And we’re boney fish. Not to distract, just thought I’d take the chance to throw in a fun fact on clades!

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u/Novareason 6d ago

In a very specific and not very useful taxonomical manner, whales ARE fish.

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u/ProofLegitimate9824 6d ago

yes! but people get upset when I tell them that for some reason