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Hexapodia Key Insight

Discussions center on the 'hexapodia is the key insight' meme from sci-fi, applied to insect and arthropod locomotion gaits, with comparisons to mammals and other animals' movement strategies.

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pavel_lishin • May 20, 2019 • View on HN

Hm, hexapodia as the key insight?

Hussem22q • Dec 19, 2012 • View on HN

Maybe spiders see themselves through offsprings.

karugaj • Sep 2, 2023 • View on HN

those crawling critters have a lot to teach us

abc_lisper • Feb 2, 2022 • View on HN

Forget birds, insects do it, with vision and puny brains.

edo • Mar 20, 2010 • View on HN

What purpose is lacking in jellyfishes, that isn't in cats or dogs?

ajmurmann • Jul 20, 2025 • View on HN

Just don't give them six wheels! Hexapodia is the key insight!

aebtebeten • Dec 29, 2025 • View on HN

"hexapodia is the key insight"

nitrogen • Feb 10, 2011 • View on HN

Does this have any connection to the multi-lensed eyes of insects?

Apocryphon • Mar 16, 2025 • View on HN

Why is it eight-legged creatures doing this what’s going on

cortesoft • Dec 16, 2021 • View on HN

Not sure if any creature has evolved ball bearings…