Quivering balls of death
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Japanese Hornet is five times larger than honeybee, and it can kill 40 bees in a minute with its mandibles, and honeybee's sting is useless when it comes to penetrating the cuticle of the heavily armoured Hornet. Experts from Tamagawa University in Japan have studied bee's defense mechanism and have found that the bee's balling behavior causes the temperature to rise high enough to be deadly to the Hornet also isoamyl acetate is released by all bees in the ball or by the damaged bees.
Publication Name: Nature Australia
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 1324-2598
Year: 2005
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The creature from the deep lagoon
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The discovery of a coelacanth from about 70 metres off the East Coast of South Africa in the year 1983 was believed to be a "living fossil". The distinctive features of the coelacanth are its stocky paired pectoral and pelvic fins, which had evolved into the limbs that carried the first animals onto land.
Publication Name: Nature Australia
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 1324-2598
Year: 2003
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Striped ghosts of the twilight
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The three living species of zebras are all grazers of grasses in Africa and all have a striking pattern of dark and light stripes over their bodies. The stripes of the zebras blend into the surrounding conditions and make them less visible to lions, leopards and spotted hyenas.
Publication Name: Nature Australia
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 1324-2598
Year: 2004
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