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Many insects have evolved to protect themselves from predators. For example, different types of beetles have adopted defenses ...
But the best-known bombardier beetles are those that deploy explosions to defend themselves. With an audible pop, these beetles spray a concoction of boiling, irritating chemicals at predators that ...
Scientists have tried to untangle the internal chemistry of bombardier beetles for decades. Because the beetle’s spray contains chemicals called benzoquinones, the prevailing hypothesis was that ...
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