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They are heavy and they're not even my brothers

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The golden egg bug carries a dangerously heavy load, for no apparent reason. John Whitfield wonders what's going on.

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  1. Kaitala,A., Espadaler, X. & Lehtonen, R. Ant predation and the cost of egg carrying in the golden egg bug: experiments in the field. OIKOS 89, 254 2000

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Whitfield, J. They are heavy and they're not even my brothers. Nature (2000). https://doi.org/10.1038/news000413-5

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