fossilesque@mander.xyzM to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · 17 days agoAbsolutely diabolicalmander.xyzimagemessage-square17fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1imageAbsolutely diabolicalmander.xyzfossilesque@mander.xyzM to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · 17 days agomessage-square17fedilink
minus-squareNo_Change_Just_Money@feddit.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·16 days agoHardest exoskeleton of any known insect (researchers drove their Toyota over one of them, and it survived) And an abnormal long lifespan for a beetle. Intresting little critters https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/scientists-unravel-secrets-diabolical-ironclad-beetles-near-unsquishable-strength-180976113/
minus-squareditty@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·16 days agoHoly cow they live up to eight years!
Hardest exoskeleton of any known insect (researchers drove their Toyota over one of them, and it survived)
And an abnormal long lifespan for a beetle.
Intresting little critters
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/scientists-unravel-secrets-diabolical-ironclad-beetles-near-unsquishable-strength-180976113/
Holy cow they live up to eight years!