Insect that flings pee with a butt catapult is 1st known example of 'superpropulsion' in nature

[Slaphppy7]

"I saw these insects peeing once and fell in love," study senior author Sadd Bahmla, a biophysicist at the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta, told Live Science.

Be sure to watch the video...

Insect that flings pee with a butt catapult is 1st known example of 'superpropulsion' in nature

Glassy-winged sharpshooters rapidly fire their pee out of butt catapults.

www.livescience.com

 

[Rocky998]

"I saw these insects peeing once and fell in love," study senior author Sadd Bahmla, a biophysicist at the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta, told Live Science.
Be sure to watch the video...

Insect that flings pee with a butt catapult is 1st known example of 'superpropulsion' in nature

Glassy-winged sharpshooters rapidly fire their pee out of butt catapults.

www.livescience.com

Could they have at least worded it differently?

 

[Slaphppy7]

Could they have at least worded it differently?

Hey, that's half the fun of it...

 

[Slaphppy7]

I've actually seen these insects in my yard and around my house before, but with much duller coloring than the ones in the article...

Had no idea they were called "sharpshooters"...

 

[WhistlingBadger]

Well, that was the weirdest thing I've watched all day.

 

[Slaphppy7]

Well, that was the weirdest thing I've watched all day.

It's still early...

 

[JuiceBox52]

Well, that was the weirdest thing I've watched all day.

That sounds like a challenge to me

 

[WhistlingBadger]

Well, I just watched my kindergarten concert video, so nevermind.

 

[Rocky998]

Well, I just watched my kindergarten concert video, so nevermind.

Oh man... That was just foul!

 

[WhistlingBadger]

Oh man... That was just foul!

You've obviously not spent much time around kindergarteners. The weirdness is all part of the fun.

 

[Rocky998]

You've obviously not spent much time around kindergarteners. The weirdness is all part of the fun.

I taught a class of pre-schoolers who were special education for a homeschool project for a day. I know
It was definitely a really fun experience.

 

[JuiceBox52]

You've obviously not spent much time around kindergarteners. The weirdness is all part of the fun.

Trying to keep a group of preschooler and kindergarteners safe around animals such as goats and horses while teaching them is fun but chaos

 

[JuiceBox52]

Come to think of it, this insect sounds like it was dreamed up by a kindergartner

 

[Rocky998]

Trying to keep a group of preschooler and kindergarteners safe around animals such as goats and horses while teaching them is fun but chaos

Oh God

"No, wait! Johnny! Don't go behind the horse like tha-!"

"Yah... So hi... Your son decided it was a fun idea to sneak up on a horse and scare it... We're in room 152 at the nearest Hospital"