The velvet mite gets stuck when it tries to occupy its burrow again. Velvet ticks are common all over the world except Antarctica. At about 5 mm in length, they are considered giants among other ticks.
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🍓Timelapse of strawberry growth
Strawberries have such a delicate skin that they should only be washed immediately before eating - if done beforehand, the berries will lose their health benefits and quickly begin to spoil. Strawberries are rich in vitamin C; 100 grams of berries contains 98% of the daily requirement.
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Rhinoceros beetle in macro photography
An interesting fact is that according to all the laws of physics, the rhinoceros beetle cannot fly. But in fact, it overcomes distances up to 50 km in flight.
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Queen of Camouflage: Leaf Butterfly
This is truly a wonderful transformation - from a withered and yellowed leaf into a butterfly with luxurious bright wings.
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Grey grasshopper (lat. Decticus verrucivorus).
In medieval Europe it was widely used for cosmetic purposes.
A captured hungry insect was placed on a wart, which it chewed off. Then, the contents of the insides were squeezed out onto the wound, which was supposed to promote rapid healing.
It was believed that this method could cure any skin growths and disinfect wounds.
The treatment of grasshoppers was even reflected in the scientific name given to them by Carl Linnaeus in 1758. Verrucivorus in Latin literally means "he who eats warts.
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A magpie uses Archimedes' law to reach the coveted water. Animals are much smarter than many humans.
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An unusual shot of a praying mantis
Spooky fact: Mantis prefer to eat their victims alive. They will not eat dead prey, even if they are starving.
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Lybia tessellata, a boxer crab living in the Marshall Islands, is interesting in that it sticks small sea anemones on its claws and assumes a fighting pose when an enemy approaches. Such a symbiosis of crab and sea anemones is beneficial to both. The crab uses poisonous tentacles for hunting and defense, while anemones get food and the ability to move.
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Carnivorous caterpillar
It preys on flies and other insects that fit its size.
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Brookesia micra is one of the smallest chameleons on the planet. The length of his body does not exceed 28 millimeters.
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A worm from a freshwater reservoir in Florida under 100x magnification, which shows numerous round-ciliated ciliates.
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Baby orchid praying mantis. Their color may vary depending on the flower on which they live, but their main color is white.
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The female wolf spider takes care of her young. She lays her eggs in a cocoon, wraps it in several layers of web to make a ball, and then secures it to her abdomen. The female fiercely defends the cocoon. If suddenly the female is left without it, she becomes restless and searches for the cocoon. If the female fails to find it, she may start carrying objects that look like a lost cocoon (paper balls, cotton fibers or snail shells)
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The caterpillar knows that it is easy prey. Therefore, you first need to create a shelter, and only after that you can safely proceed to dinner.
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The Ant Circle of Death
The ants run around the circle like crazy until they drop dead.
Why does this happen? Ants rely on their sense of smell and touch. When looking for food, an ant gives off a smelly substance, a pheromone, so that other ants can go after it. If an ant loses the source of food scent, it may accidentally stumble on its own trail and follow it, leaving more pheromone behind. So other ants pull up to him, which becomes even more numerous, and they all run in a closed circle and on their own trail.
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Brinicle is one of nature's most amazing phenomena
Sometimes huge ice stalactites form literally out of nothing in the sea, stretching from the surface all the way to the bottom. Sometimes this phenomenon is called the "finger of death" because everything it touches freezes and dies
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