Why Don’t Beetles Have Bones? (And Why Do You?)

The perfect combination of strong, flexible, and light, our skeletons do a lot more than hold us up! But how did we end up with this skeletal wonder that makes us so different from bugs and beetles? Well, the answer is a great reminder of how a few little detours on the path of life can lead us in entirely different directions!

We carry one of the world’s most fascinating rock collections inside us every day! These rocks (you may call them bones) are meticulously strung together to create our human forms. Cats have them, dogs have them, even birds and salamanders have them, but have you ever wondered why some creatures wear their skeletons on the outside? How did beetles and lobsters and ants end up walking around in a sort of home-grown body armor? And why don’t we?!

By Sam Burns

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