Lateral Adaptation

[@korodo7599]

Another great video! I now have a deeper appreciation of insect wings. About 8 months ago you released a video titled "What is a Spider?". In it you mention how 99.9% of spiders are carnivorous/venemous/6 or 8 eyed. I would love see a video about the spiders that lack one or more of the aforementioned traits. Please keep making videos

[@acronymtine9674]

How does this only have ~300 views? I expected like 3 mil! Hoping the algorithm catches onto you, I LOVE niche topics like these! Very nice formatting too

[@Rekennnnn]

Banger of a video!

[@RafaCB0987]

Insects having that much appendices going on makes sense when you look at others cruataceans, with are the closest relatives of insects, but the wing itself still a really fenomenal modification of those appendices that aperread and we still don't know exactly the process

[@petersmythe6462]

Keep in mind regarding insect diversity, a lot of that is hyper-local. Consider Megalogomphus hannyngtoni, a large dragonfly that lives in specific fast-moving montane forest streams in Western Ghat, India. Compare this to the leopard, a carnivoran that is practically cosmopolitan in Afro-eurasia. A good chunk of the diversity within insects comes from them having on average much smaller range at the species level than megafauna.

[@aParkingMeter]

Your videos are very coherent and I love the depth of knowledge on a topic I’m interested in, I’ve seen all of your videos so far and can’t wait to see more! As far as production goes this is a step up from the slideshow-esque experience, and I still enjoy its simplicity in getting the info across. While all of us here want more videos from you, we all want the quality videos that you’ve produced so far. Don’t worry about your creative process taking time when making something that is a representation of you and what you love!

[@SuperMasterelite]

Lovely video and on topics quite niche, which you obviously have quite an expertise in. I can’t wait to see what you do next!

[@isaacthedestroyerofstuped7676]

Algorithm Bump! Great video, but I'm surprised you didn't cover the benefits metamorphosis or exoskeletons! Granted, those are also likely reasons why insects don't grow large anymore (most people go with the change in O2 conc. but I don't _think_ that is the main reason)

[@spiderfart420]

I get so happy every time you post a video! Your knowledge of arachnids feeds my brain. I am very passionate about them (jumping spiders specifically) but can't focus well enough to do all the research I want to. So you do it for me and i listen about it. 😂

[@secondbeamship]

I’m imagining some lineage that somehow how eight wings and developed two into halteres and two into elytra. Or a lineage that developed silk, venom and attenae.

[@ruperterskin2117]

Cool. Thanks for sharing.

[@ItRhymesWith]

2:14 it's so funny to see three "titan" species of flying, and then bats. Like no disrespect to bats, but I'd probably forget them if you asked me to name different animals that fly from a high-level point of view.

[@samarkand1585]

So insects used to have 10 appendages like Arachnids do, but converted 4 of these into wings?

[@macon8638]

Probably not, likely came out of something else

[@kevinmcdowell9074]

Meanwhile, the Vinagroon is over hear like "WTF?"

[@Iagogago]

U plan to make a video dedicated to scorpions? That would be a good topic to cover

[@cooldude6269]

Eh, I’d say pterosaurs kinda count as having, like, 2 and two-half limbs; the wings had fingers on them and were used for walking. They were pretty messed up creatures so it’s understandable to not fully grasp it if it’s not your specialty

[@HailAzathoth]

Pretty cool