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Troll-Haired Insect 

10/16/2014

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The tiny unidentified creature, which is only 5 millimeters long, was found in the Suriname rainforest by ecologists who discovered 60 new species on a research expedition last year. A photo of the planthopper was featured on National Geographic.

The bug's wild "hairdo" is actually waxy secretions from its abdomen that are thought to be a defense mechanism to distract predators from its more vulnerable parts, according to conservation biologist Trond Larsen, who discovered the bug on a trip to the South American rainforest last year.

Source: http://huff.to/1zdK29D






La pequeña criatura no identificada, tiene sólo 5 milímetros de largo, fue encontrado en la selva de Surinam por los ecologistas que descubrieron 60 nuevas especies en una expedición de investigación el año pasado. Esta foto fué publicada en National Geographic. 

En realidad su salvaje "peinado" son secreciones de cera de su abdomen que se cree que es un mecanismo de defensa para distraer a los depredadores de sus partes más vulnerables, según el biólogo conservacionista Trond Larsen, quien descubrió al insecto en un viaje a Sudamericana selva última año.

Fuente: http://huff.to/1zdK29D





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