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Freak accident created a massive army of super-fertile clones

Freak accident created a massive army of super-fertile clones

29 June 2018

A new species of bigger and super-fertile all-female crayfish originated almost instantaneously because of a genetic accident
Female velvet ants are so scary no other animal dares eat them

Female velvet ants are so scary no other animal dares eat them

27 June 2018

Most insects live in constant fear of predators—but not the velvet ant. New research suggests that these gaudy, fuzzy insects are essentially invincible.

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