Waterfleas 'mail' their eggs to other ponds
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The puzzle of how waterfleas, little pond bugs that can't survive out of water, can spread across different ponds has baffled zoologists for some time - until now. Scientists have discovered that the fleas take advantage of the hairy abdomens of a flying waterbug called the backswimmer by latching the eggs onto the backswimmers bellies. The eggs are then carried to other ponds as the backswimmers migrate.
Never really thought much about waterfleas before.. Clever little buggers eh?
Never really thought much about waterfleas before.. Clever little buggers eh?
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