Swift and methodical, dragonflies can track the position of a tasty fly and steer itself strategically towards it—swooping in and snatching a meal in half a second. Researchers studying this predator’s acrobatic fly-catching maneuvers have discovered that dragonflies make meticulous internal calculations about the movements of its prey and its own body. The findings, published…
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Huge Variation In Rattlesnake Venom Reveals Intense Arms Race Against Squirrels
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Just as war drives the development of new technologies and weapons in the human world, the evolutionary arms race between predator and prey species causes both to constantly update their biological arsenals. The amazing precision of this natural weaponry is revealed in a new study that illustrates how rattlesnakes tailor their venom to ensure it…