Tuesday, July 29, 2025

God loves *snout* beetles

 

Credit: Larali21

So the largest taxon (below class level) are the beetles, with about 450,000 described species. Hence the famous quip "God loves beetles". But guess what? The largest family is the weevil family (60,000 described species). So God doesn´t just love beetles, he very specifically loves *snout* beetles?!

The world, agent Cooper, is a strange and beautiful place. 

1 comment:

  1. In terms of individuals, the largest groups of multi-cellular organisms could be ants and krill, so I suppose G-d loves them, too!

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