True to its name, the European Bee-eater (Merops apiaster) is an insect-eater with a taste for bees. But how does it deal with its prey’s pesky stingers? This crafty bird catches the bee, briefly stuns it by hitting it against a perch, and then slams the stinger against the surface to tear it out. For the final step, it flings the bee up in the air before gulping it down it
Photo: Pierre Dalous, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Asteroids: they’re ancient, rocky, and way cooler than you might think. June 30 is International Asteroid Day, a global event to raise awareness about asteroids and what we’re doing to study them. Here’s why we’re obsessed with them (and why you should be, too).
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