Watch this caterpillar fling its beetle attacker through the air

Hornworm moth larvae have several tricks to defend themselves against predators. Learn more: http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2018/02/watch-caterpillar-fling-its-beetle-attacker-through-air

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Sarah Crespi

citation
S. Sugiura and T. Takanashi
Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 2018
DOI: 10.1093/biolinnean/blx156

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Shinji Sugiura

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Richa Malhotra

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"Morphology"
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