It’s no wonder why this critter was hard to
find. Lined up head to toe, it’d take 25 of
these tiny beetles to equal one inch in length.
A newly identified sundew plant, which
oozes mucus to trap and eat insects, exists
at the top of only one mountain in Brazil.
Scientists discovered it after seeing
photographs posted on social media.
This blind isopod—a hard-shelled animal
with multiple pairs of legs—was found in a
South American cave. It does something
scientists have never seen an isopod do
before—it makes shelters out of mud.
- Sanjana & Janani
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