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To: one_less who wrote (469705)	4/8/2009 10:24:16 AM
From: jlallen	1 Recommendation Respond to of 1574659

lol Ouch!

To: one_less who wrote (469705)	4/8/2009 10:54:42 AM
From: combjelly	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 1574659

"I am not confused. " Sure you are. "You said they can't have teeth because they are insects." Correct. "The source of my evidence was entomology, the authority on insects." Like I said, you got confused over the terminology. This is like claiming a computer virus is the same as an actual virus. Or that a computer worm is an actual worm.

To: one_less who wrote (469705)	4/8/2009 3:41:14 PM
From: tejek	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1574659

I am not confused. You said they can't have teeth because they are insects. They are called mandibles. You might call them teeth when explaining them say to a six grader but they don't behave or look like what we consider to be teeth: I mean...how many people/mammals do you know that have teeth made of chitin extending outside their mouths and looking like miniature saws? Mandible Chewing insects have two mandibles, one on each side of the head. The mandibles are positioned between the labrum and maxillae. They are typically the largest mouthparts of chewing insects, being used to masticate (cut, tear, crush, chew) food items. They open outwards (to the sides of the head) and come together medially. In carnivorous chewing insects, the mandibles can be modified to be more knife-like, where-as in herbivorous chewing insects, they are more typically broad and flat on their opposing faces (eg, caterpillars). In male stag beetles, the mandibles are modified to such an extent that they do not serve any feeding function, but are instead used to defend mating sites from other males. In ants, the mandibles also serve a defensive function (particularly in soldier castes). In bull ants, the mandibles are elongate and toothed, used as hunting (and defensive) appendages. en.wikipedia.org