Explanation: #2 is the correct answer. Yup, hamsters can be cannibalistic. Horrifying, right? Ghost mantises very rarely eat each other, and sand tiger sharks eat each other, especially when in the womb. Out of the three, ghost mantises are the least cannibalistic. https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/99365537
Try this:
Which is false?
- Flies technically have two wings.
- Platypus is a beetle.
- Some geckos vibrate their heads behind an insect but do not eat it.
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Explanation: Some geckos in forests of places like Borneo or Madagascar actually wait behind a plant hopper waiting for its honeydew. The geckos vibrate their heads to signal the planthopper for honeydew. Ants, cockroaches and even moths have been recorded doing this (it’s called trophobiosis). Platypus, note that I italicized it like a scientific name. The genus, going by this name etymologically means flatfoot. It is a beetle. They say flies have 2 wings but the halteres are modified/specialised/reduced wings. Hence 1) is false.
This is not a quiz. Read the title. Two are true, one is trash.
Flies have only one pair of wings. I’ve seen it before.
@aaravmishra why was this posted in General?
What the heck I’m trying to reply and somehow I ended up editing.
Do Hemiptera really suck? I’m not sure. They pierce but isn’t it then capillary action and positive pressure in the plant cells that do the work?
not suck in that way; but they bite and even suck it. At some point they may realise and leave but I remember my incident with Miridae.
instinctively; sorry.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uvXxiUjw-xY
much like in beetles, the forewings of earwigs are modified into hard plate-like structures.
Earrings do not have wings at all
autocorrect sucks…
A bit of a rotifer theme for this one :)
- There is a virus which infects animals, that is larger than many bacteria
- The oldest known macropredators in the fossil record are closely related to rotifers (which are microscopic)
- All bdelloid rotifers are entirely parthenogenetic (as in no males, ever)
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Explanation: C is false, the bdelloid Adineta vaga was found in a study a few years back to have variation in its genome that couldn’t be explained by parthenogenesis, meaning they’re probably mating at least every once in a while. Then the “oldest macropredators” bit is about chaetognaths, and the “giant virus” one is about Megaklothovirus.
I agree
Amazing video; thank you for sharing!
@antsbyleo and other ant lovers, the video is worth a look, as it contains fascinating footage of ants interacting with beetles.
It’s incredible that we have this tool of high-speed videography, which can illustrate the complex mechanics of wing-folding in rove beetles and earwigs. What a time to be alive!
Fascinating video! Despite encountering thousands of earwigs over the years, I don’t think I’ve ever seen one fly. Do they only do it under specific circumstances?
if you haven’t, check out the other videos on the channel. the wing-folding is some of the most spectacular footage on there, but he’s filmed a lot of insects taking off.
i’ve certainly never seen it - and i don’t know much about the order… maybe @stephan_kleinfelder can shed some light on earwig flight, since he already outed himself as a dermapterologist!
@AdamWargon Holy crap that’s incredible! I have to say the rogue beetle was pretty funny contrasted against the earwig with the folding up… It’s like my field satchel where you just stuff em in there. I had no idea earwigs have wings and they are pretty beautiful ones too. Great video.