The Golden Turtle beetle (Charidotella sexpunctata) is a common insect in North America with a typical size of 5-7 millimeters.
These bugs are recognizable because of their golden coloration, but they also have the ability to change color whenever they need to. This change is due to microscopic valves that control the moisture level under their carapace.
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Reproduction of bacteria
Like other single-celled organisms, bacteria reproduce by division. Each bacterium divides into two daughter bacteria, which quickly grow and divide again. Under favorable conditions, cell division in many bacteria can occur every 20-30 minutes.
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Life near water is a two-edged sword for dragonflies. Although fresh water sources give the insects a huge amount of mosquitoes to feed on, being covered in water droplets robs these guys of their ability to fly.
In such a situation, dragonflies will have to bask in the sun until everything dries out. They will also use their feet as wipers to clear their giant eyes of water droplets.
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Electron microscopic image of human skin after puncture with a needle from a syringe.
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An octopus eats its own tentacles when it is hungry and there is no food nearby.
The tentacles then grow back. This phenomenon is called autocannibalism. This method of satiation is, of course, inefficient for energy extraction. After all, the octopus needs a lot more protein to grow a new tentacle.
Scientists have studied this strange phenomenon and concluded that the octopus does this because of stress, and not because it considers its tentacle a suitable food.
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Color scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of the hedgehog's foreleg, at magnification: x30 🔬
Hedgehogs have four toes on their hind legs and five toes on their front legs. A hedgehog's feet and toes are designed to walk and run. They do not have opposable toes for grasping or vertical climbing.
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Timelapse of the emergence of tadpoles
Tadpoles emerge from eggs and live mostly in the water, although there are some species that live partially or entirely on land.
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A rather fleshy species of gadfly from the genus Cuterebra
Particular attention can be focused on their larval phase. Laying eggs around rodent burrows, they hatch inside small mammals as internal parasites and spend several weeks in them. When they reach maturity, they find an exit and create a cocoon before reappearing to resume their life cycle.
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The cap with the furry ink
It decomposes quite spectacularly. Just a few hours after the deposition of the spores, this fungus turns black, releases a black liquid, and dissolves.
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Everyone who wears glasses at least once in their life underwent an eye examination procedure (ophthalmoscopy)
And now you can see what an ophthalmologist sees when he examines your eyes 😉
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In nature, death is equal to life, especially in the micromir. These tiny scavengers feed on a recently dead rotifer by bumping into the animal's empty shell called the cuticle.
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Tardigrades
Able to withstand desiccation, vacuum, temperatures close to absolute zero (-273°C), as well as boiling, enormous pressure and radiation!
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The male ladybug can mate up to four times with a female that is already dead before he realizes something has gone wrong...
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A group of Japanese and Russian scientists successfully "awakened" the cells of a woolly mammoth, which is about 28,000 years old.
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Somewhere hurrying microscopic creatures in a drop of water from the bath.
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Imagine if you suddenly saw such an amulet lying on the ground. What would you do with it?
You should not pick it up. After all, it's a cyclocosmia! Biologists nicknamed it the "hatch spider" for its unusual behavior. This spider hides in its hole in time of danger. And its "amulet" - its back part - exposes it as a shield, so that a predator won't get through.
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An animation of how the immune system attacks male sperm cells inside female organs.
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Timelapse of the growth of the basidiomycete fungus
These are edible mushrooms found throughout the world in grassy areas after rain from late spring through fall. These mushrooms have great nutritional value and are an excellent source of B vitamins
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