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minus-squareNo_Change_Just_Money@feddit.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·1 year 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-squaredditty@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year 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!