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Amber fragment with feather portions and beetle larval moults

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Amber fossils reveal dinosaurs and beetles had symbiotic relationship

Remains preserved in amber from 105 million years ago are the oldest evidence of a mutually beneficial relationship between dinosaurs and arthropods

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Chinese Scorpion (Buthus martensii)

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Scorpions develop a sting in the tail before they are ready to use it

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Spiders can ‘fly’ because they make near-invisible paragliders

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Spiders can ‘fly’ because they make near-invisible paragliders

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When a daddy longlegs is attacked by a flatworm things get messy

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When a daddy longlegs is attacked by a flatworm things get messy

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Ferocious pack-hunting pseudoscorpions believe in sharing fairly

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Ferocious pack-hunting pseudoscorpions believe in sharing fairly

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Sea urchins can drill holes in solid rock with just their teeth

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Sea urchins can drill holes in solid rock with just their teeth

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Crab eating bird

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Giant coconut crab sneaks up on a sleeping bird and kills it

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Freeloading mites are squatting on spider webs and stealing food

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Freeloading mites are squatting on spider webs and stealing food

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Mussels

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Mussel-inspired plastic could make self-repairing body armour

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Even jellyfish get sluggish if they don’t have enough sleep

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Even jellyfish get sluggish if they don’t have enough sleep

Jellyfish show all the signs of going to sleep, even though they do not have brains – which were thought to be an essential requirement for slumber

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Tiny worm burrows may reveal when first complex animals evolved

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Sea stars filmed hunting squid and squabbling over eating it

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