The Wasp That Brainwashed the Caterpillar by Matt Simon
Author:Matt Simon
Language: eng
Format: epub, azw3
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Published: 2016-09-28T11:00:14+00:00
CHAPTER 5
Turns Out Getting Eaten Is Bad for Survival
In Which Fish Choke Sharks to Death with Snot and Geckos Do Their Best Impression of Leaves
The statistics don’t lie: Getting eaten is a leading cause of death in the animal kingdom. It’s been that way for the eons that life has graced the Earth. Which is a whole lot of time for evolution to come up with some impressive solutions to the problem of predation. There’s a salamander, for instance, that can regrow entire limbs that predators (or its salamander friends) have made off with. And yes, in case you were wondering, its secrets could one day get us humans to regrow our limbs as well.
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