Sentences with phrase «of bombardier beetles»

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

Successful escape of bombardier beetles from predator digestive systems.

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.

Not exact matches

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.

Bombardier beetles are the gunslingers of the insect world.

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.

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

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