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What is the purpose to legs on a "Daddy Long Legs" (Crane Fly)... They only live 24hrs and you can pull off all their legs and they still function as normal.. Go Figure!
I have not done this to one of god's creatures but have witnessed it done by my very young son
Answers:
Well now,thanks for asking this question.
The reason for the Crane Fly “Daddy Long Legs” to have legs is an evolutionary protection against predators.
Basically the legs are dispensible, when the Crane Fly flies through the air its legs flutter about mainly behind it, when their main predators (birds and bats) try to eat them the legs are a distraction and hopefully they will just get a mouth full of legs which the Fly doesn’t really miss anyway and leave the body with the wings to go on its merry way to lay or fertilise eggs for the next generation of Daddy Long Legs to do the exact same!
They may only live for 24 hours but they enjoy themselves !lol
thats a bit mean, just because a creature can function whilst legless you want to make them all quadrapledics, meany
I did when i was a kid!! It was fun at the time, but now i wonder why!!!!!
What's the purpose of a Daddy Long Legs? Nasty things!
helps them mover quicker, taking legs off may not kill them but will limit ability to get food
You should've slapped the wee bugger and told him to leave the insects alone ...What kind of parent are you !!!!
I can function when I am legless.
But I don't feel great the following morning.
yeah how mad is that!
I was having this very same conversation last night at work!
And why do they fly in spirals to the floor..
Oh God, maybe we need to get a life!
perhaps he was having a blonde moment
The legs r so they can walk.
Well I know a few legless creatures but I would not stay in the same room as a daddy long legs they are horrible
Poor daddy long legs. I did that when I was little. Not pull there legs on purpose though. Just tried to grab them and the leg fell off. I reckon it would have hurt them.
They are also known as leather jackets. I had a plague of them in one dresssing room, on a very warm evening. They do seem to fall to pieces rather easily, don't they? I'm not a mathematician but perhaps it is a defence mechanism and their design is averaged over the number of legs they can lose without a discernable loss of effectivness over a 24 hour life span? Stop him doing that, by the way. It's not nice.
The worst thing about Daddy Long legs is that they lay their eggs in your lawn (if you have one) and the thing that emerges from the egg before turning into a Crane Fly is called a Leather Jacket and it eats the roots of your grass!
The other eewww thing about them is that when they're flying they're out of control and if you happen to come face to face with a Daddy Long legs..you end up looking just like one of them yourself for all the hand and leg movements you'll be doing just to try and keep it away from touching you!....Well I do!
I had no idea that they could function without legs ;
some animals / insects are just crazy ; eh ?
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I have not done this to one of god's creatures but have witnessed it done by my very young son
Answers:
Well now,thanks for asking this question.
The reason for the Crane Fly “Daddy Long Legs” to have legs is an evolutionary protection against predators.
Basically the legs are dispensible, when the Crane Fly flies through the air its legs flutter about mainly behind it, when their main predators (birds and bats) try to eat them the legs are a distraction and hopefully they will just get a mouth full of legs which the Fly doesn’t really miss anyway and leave the body with the wings to go on its merry way to lay or fertilise eggs for the next generation of Daddy Long Legs to do the exact same!
They may only live for 24 hours but they enjoy themselves !lol
thats a bit mean, just because a creature can function whilst legless you want to make them all quadrapledics, meany
I did when i was a kid!! It was fun at the time, but now i wonder why!!!!!
What's the purpose of a Daddy Long Legs? Nasty things!
helps them mover quicker, taking legs off may not kill them but will limit ability to get food
You should've slapped the wee bugger and told him to leave the insects alone ...What kind of parent are you !!!!
I can function when I am legless.
But I don't feel great the following morning.
yeah how mad is that!
I was having this very same conversation last night at work!
And why do they fly in spirals to the floor..
Oh God, maybe we need to get a life!
perhaps he was having a blonde moment
The legs r so they can walk.
Well I know a few legless creatures but I would not stay in the same room as a daddy long legs they are horrible
Poor daddy long legs. I did that when I was little. Not pull there legs on purpose though. Just tried to grab them and the leg fell off. I reckon it would have hurt them.
They are also known as leather jackets. I had a plague of them in one dresssing room, on a very warm evening. They do seem to fall to pieces rather easily, don't they? I'm not a mathematician but perhaps it is a defence mechanism and their design is averaged over the number of legs they can lose without a discernable loss of effectivness over a 24 hour life span? Stop him doing that, by the way. It's not nice.
The worst thing about Daddy Long legs is that they lay their eggs in your lawn (if you have one) and the thing that emerges from the egg before turning into a Crane Fly is called a Leather Jacket and it eats the roots of your grass!
The other eewww thing about them is that when they're flying they're out of control and if you happen to come face to face with a Daddy Long legs..you end up looking just like one of them yourself for all the hand and leg movements you'll be doing just to try and keep it away from touching you!....Well I do!
I had no idea that they could function without legs ;
some animals / insects are just crazy ; eh ?
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