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Baby giant water bugs, like true bugs, have piercing-sucking mouthparts. Water bugs catch small fish, stab them with their beak-like mouthparts and squirt special juices into the fish. These juices change the fish's insides into a soft goo - perfect for 'babies' to slurp up.


Dinosaur had lungs of a fast killer


Dinosaur had lungs of a fast killer
Researchers believe that the skeleton of a Scipionyx dinosaur recently found bears the fossilized image of some of its internal organs, including powerful lungs. They think that it was probably cold-blooded but had the metabolic capacity of a modern mammal or bird. It is the best-preserved dinosaur fossil ever found.

The Vancouver Sun

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