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Diabolical Ironclad Beetle Can Survive Car Running Over It – Nerdist
The diabolical ironclad beetle has a specialized exoskeleton that allows it to withstand pressures up to 39,000 times its own body weight.
Every animal on Earthwhether it be a cougar or jellyfish or snakehas had its “character attributes” decided by evolution. And while a creature like, say, the parrot has had a lot of its points allotted to intelligence, the diabolical ironclad beetle is all about one stat: toughness. In fact, the DIB (our acronym) has an exoskeleton so hard it can shrug off being run over by cars.
The diabolical beetle is currently in the spotlight because a team of researchers has just published a paper (which comes…
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