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Beetles escape alive after almost 2 hours in a toad’s stomach

Beetles escape alive after almost 2 hours in a toad’s stomach

7 February 2018

Bombardier beetles sometimes get eaten by toads, but they can squirt hot, toxic jets of liquid from their backsides so the toads often vomit them right back up
Great tits avoid bad food after seeing grossed-out friends

Great tits avoid bad food after seeing grossed-out friends

18 December 2017

If a great tit eats something nasty, it will disgustedly wipe its beak on a branch – and other great tits watch and learn

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