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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.


Arsenic and old brakes


Arsenic and old brakes
Dr. Ma from the University of Florida has discovered that the Chinese brake fern loves arsenic! The fern can not only tolerate arsenic, it thrives on it, and researchers have found concentrations of 20 grams of arsenic per kilogram of foliage. It is possible that the brake fern could be used to clean up the soil in sites that have been contaminated with arsenic.
FEBRUARY 3, 2001
The Economist
FEBRUARY 3, 2001

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