Sentences with phrase «bombardier beetles»

There are at least 500 different species of bombardier beetles, and they don't all use the same mechanism.

Bombardier beetles are a resilient bunch.

Long after tourists left the forest trails in central Japan, the Kobe University biologist collected bombardier beetles, along with their natural predators, the sticky - tongued toads, to see which bugs were best suited for survival.

To find out if this is how they escape, Sugiura and Sato fed single bombardier beetles to toads.

Shinji Sugiura and Takuya Sato of Kobe University in Japan fed bombardier beetles (Pheropsophus jessoensis) to toads.

Bombardier beetles famously produce jets of hot, corrosive and toxic chemicals from their rear ends when threatened.

Bombardier beetles have two glands in their rear ends, one filled with hydrogen peroxide — used in rocket fuel — and phenol, the other with enzymes.

Bombardier beetles are the gunslingers of the insect world.

Successful escape of bombardier beetles from predator digestive systems.

But bombardier beetles can shoot hot steam and noxious chemicals from their back ends.

The bombardier beetle (Stenaptinus insignis), for example, produces the toxin benzoquinone and byproduct heat in a kind of internal combustion chamber, and then squirts it at any perceived threat.

Toad versus bombardier beetle is almost a fair fight.

A bombardier beetle accurately hits an offensive forceps with a hot noxious spray every time.

Swallowing a bombardier beetle sounds much worse, says Gregory Brown, also with the University of Sydney.

DO N'T EVEN THINK ABOUT IT Toads can swallow all kinds of stuff but that yummy looking insect — a bombardier beetle — could be a surprising mistake.

The bombardier beetle, for example, shoots its enemies with scalding hot poison at 500 pulses per second.

Taking inspiration from the defense mechanism of the bombardier beetle, researchers at ETH Zurich have developed a film that, when damaged, instantly releases a hot foam to discourage malicious actions.

Don't put a bombardier beetle in your mouth, or like Charles Darwin, you may find out the hard way how they got the name «bombardier».

The bombardier beetle can rapidly spray a noxious 100 °C (212 °F) liquid when it is peeved.

The bombardier beetle, which fends off aggressors with a special spray, has inspired researchers to develop a theft deterrent system that releases a hot foam when tampered with.