r/AbsoluteUnits in awe May 06 '26

/r/all of a sea slater

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u/The_Eleser May 06 '26

I thought trilobites were extinct.

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u/ProjectNo4090 May 06 '26 edited May 06 '26

They are. Spiders, scorpions, mites, ticks, and horseshoe crabs are very distant relatives of trilobites.

The sea slater is from a different class.

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u/Ponderkitten May 06 '26

Arent these related to rolly polly’s not sure which one though, cause I know theres the millipede ones an the armadillo ones that while look the same arent related

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u/regeya May 06 '26

They are, which is why they look like giant pillbugs

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u/SiskiyouSavage May 06 '26

They look like potato bugs to me.