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Photinus carolinus (Insecta: Coleoptera: Lampyridae)
... that June mating displays of
Photinus carolinus
(pictured)
create moving bands of light and darkness that draw crowds one
firefly
scientist calls "obscene"?
... that the wasp
Dinocampus coccinellae
can turn a
ladybird
into a "
zombie
bodyguard"?
... that the
New Zealand lobster
was incorporated into the country's
Quota Management System
after a parliamentary corruption scandal?
... that the moose botfly
Cephenemyia ulrichii
shoots its larvae into people's eyes, perhaps because human eyes and
moose
nostrils both face forward?
... that, during the breeding season, the male
blueband hermit crab
carries the female around for up to a day?
... that despite writing many scientific papers at
Yale University
and having the time limit waived, the
carcinologist
Martin Burkenroad
never submitted a
dissertation
?