https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/api.php?action=feedcontributions&feedformat=atom&user=168.149.142.233explain xkcd - User contributions [en]2026-06-24T20:32:23ZUser contributionsMediaWiki 1.30.0https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=Talk:3185:_Sauropods&diff=402484Talk:3185: Sauropods2025-12-26T18:48:39Z<p>168.149.142.233: /* Messor ibericus */ new section</p>
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I was going to put in the first draft of an explanation, but that would have meant sticking my neck out... ;) [[Special:Contributions/92.23.2.208|92.23.2.208]] 01:24, 25 December 2025 (UTC)<br />
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I also wanted to try explaining, by it's scary, I feel spineless [[Special:Contributions/62.56.149.220|62.56.149.220]] 01:33, 25 December 2025 (UTC)<br />
:Here, I did it for you. [[User:RadiantRainwing|RadiantRainwing]] ([[User talk:RadiantRainwing|talk]]) 15:22, 25 December 2025 (UTC)<br />
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The title text is referencing [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spiders_Georg Spiders Georg]. [[User:DanielLC|DanielLC]] ([[User talk:DanielLC|talk]]) 01:37, 25 December 2025 (UTC)<br />
: i came here to yell "spiders georg!" but i see you have beat me to it - [[User:Vaedez|Vaedez]] ([[User talk:Vaedez|talk]]) 01:40, 25 December 2025 (UTC)<br />
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The extremely short, punctuationless title text definitely evokes the spirit of early xkcd title texts like “disgusting” or “just thought you should know” [[User:KelOfTheStars!|KelOfTheStars!]] ([[User talk:KelOfTheStars!|talk]]) 02:51, 25 December 2025 (UTC)<br />
:Yeah, I don't think there's been a title text this short and punchy in a while [[User:R128|R128]] ([[User talk:R128|talk]]) 10:30, 26 December 2025 (UTC)<br />
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i just discovered that paleology is ''not'' the study of fossils and such, by trying to check if "paleontological" was a mashup of paleological and ontological; nope, paleology is the study of antiquities, paleontology the study of fossils - [[User:Vaedez|Vaedez]] ([[User talk:Vaedez|talk]]) 05:34, 25 December 2025 (UTC)<br />
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merry christmas, i guess? [[user:lettherebedarklight|raeb]] 12:58, 25 December 2025 (UTC)<br />
:Its red and green :) --[[User:Darth Vader|Darth Vader]] ([[User talk:Darth Vader|talk]]) 12:21, 26 December 2025 (UTC)<br />
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== Messor ibericus ==<br />
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Would ''Messor ibericus'' be an exception to "Also, while queens are often larger specimens than their workers or drones, they always share the same general anatomy."? The Queen is a different species from most of the males (''Messor structor''), and the worker population is a hybrid of the two.<br />
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However, they are both basically ant-shaped, so any non-entomologist may very well say they share the same general anatomy. This [https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-02807-0 article] has a side by side picture for comparison.</div>168.149.142.233