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    feivel
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    This ant lives in an Amazonian plant called Hirtella physophora, and it uses the plant’s fibers to build a clever trap. The ants also make use of a fungus that grows on the plant in order to strengthen the structure of the trap, hardening the plant’s fibers into a fiberglass-like material.

    The trap resembles a complex honeycomb. After building the honeycomb-like structure, worker ants hide inside the trap’s holes. They wait there for a passing insect, such as a butterfly or locust, to land. As soon as their victim does land, the ants immediately rapidly extend from within the holes and grasp their prey.

    The ants then bite down on its legs and antennas, so that the prey is unable to release itself from their hold. Soon, other members of the colony join the scene, stinging the victim until it’s paralyzed. Over time, the ants transport the prey back to the colony. They then feed the protein meal to their young.

    #634302
    asdfghjkl
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    feivel: where do ya even find these things????? hashem’s wonders are amazing!!!

    moish: ha i read it!!!!

    #634303
    RoshYeshivah
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    Feivel- time to move on to different creatures.Enough of roches.

    #634304
    amichai
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    thanx feivel. a little queasy to the stomach though on how they get their food. this ques. is not meant to be a joke, are you into planets also? just wondering.

    #634305
    feivel
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    planets? no.

    #634306
    feivel
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    ok rosh

    ever wonder why cats can climb up trees but cant get down, yet squirrels can zip right down trees and poles head first as easily as they go up.

    both of them have front and back claws which dig quite well into wood, whats the difference?

    answer to follow, b’li neder

    as long as were talking squirrels. did anyone ever watch a squirrel bury a nut, then go right to that spot to see if they could find the nut? you never will.

    answer to follow, b’li neder

    #634307
    amichai
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    feivel, where did you go? do the squirrels remember where they bury their food? i thought not.

    #634308
    feivel
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    well squirrels used to go up trees but they could never come down again

    so after a million years of squirrels stuck in trees, some cosmic rays, mutations, and other birth defects decided in their wisdom to create an unbelievably complex ankle system of tarsals metatarsals muscles nerves, and a brilliant arrangement of tendons that allow the back ankles to turn around 180 degrees and operate under complete control in the exact opposite direction that the ankles turn to go up the tree!

    Evolution apparently decided the cats did not deserve such an arrangement, after consulting with some mice.

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    SJSinNYC
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    Evolution apparently decided the cats did not deserve such an arrangement, after consulting with some mice.

    This made me laugh so hard 🙂

    #634310
    feivel
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    sj sorry i misunderstood you in the other thread

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    moish01
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    feivel – ever saw a bear go up stairs? they can’t go back down.

    #634312
    moish01
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    ha ha no i think i remember it from somewhere but i just googled it and didn’t get any results. so i should probably take it back, right?

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