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Flower makes a meal for a beetle May 12 2008

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It’s not only the “big five” that are worth watching in South Africa’s Hluhluwe-Imfolozi Game Reserve: the wonderful construction and function of smaller creatures like the CMR bean beetle (Mylabris oculata) have also fascinated the Earth-Touch film crew.

Tags: africa, beetle, cmr bean beetle, feed, flower, hluhluwe, imfolozi, insect, kwazulu-natal, plant, pollinate, south africa, wild cotton

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How turtles turn Nov 1 2007


Creatures with hard shells, such as turtles and beetles, have to be able to flip themselves over if they land on their backs, otherwise they will be in danger. New research has linked the geometry of turtles’ shells with techniques the animals use to right themselves.

Tags: beetle, budapest university of technology, monostatic shell, princeton university, proceedings of the royal society b, reptile, shell, turtle

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