fossilesque@mander.xyzM to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · 5 months agoAbsolutely diabolicalmander.xyzimagemessage-square17fedilinkarrow-up1305arrow-down116
arrow-up1289arrow-down1imageAbsolutely diabolicalmander.xyzfossilesque@mander.xyzM to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · 5 months agomessage-square17fedilink
minus-squareNo_Change_Just_Money@feddit.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·5 months 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-up2·5 months 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!