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Parasitic Wasp That Caught Prey in ‘Venus Flytrap’ Body Discovered in Amber
Paleontologists have discovered a disturbing new species of ancient wasp that restrained its prey using its Venus flytrap-like abdomen before laying eggs in the victim. The parasite, named Sirenobethylus charybdis after the seawater-swallowing monster from Greek mythology, may represent a whole new family of insects. S. charybdis lived 98.79 million years ago, during the mid-Cretaceous […]
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I Didn't Eat for 30 Days—What I Discovered Was Life-Changing
While there were times when I was violently famished, I reminded myself to be in the present.
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