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1 month ago

Baby butterflies fool ants into taking care of them

These caterpillars use a surprisingly complex rhythm like a secret knock to convince the ants to come fetch them. That's according to research published on February 25 in Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, which found that caterpillars can keep a beat called double meter that has so far been identified only in a couple of primates.
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6 months ago

Pick Your Player: Dragonfly vs Damselfly | KQED

Damselflies stabilize and capture prey in turbulent vegetation via four-wing adjustments and panoramic binocular vision; dragonflies use independent wings and near-360° vision for high-speed interception.
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