How This Beetle Shoots Jets of Superheated Liquid Out of Its Butt
You do not want to piss off the bombardier beetle. When disturbed, it sprays noxious, near-boiling liquid out of its abdomen—an effective though confounding ability. After all, how does the beetle pull off such a violent chemical reaction without, well, damaging its insides? A newly published study inScience sheds some light the bombardier beetle’s peculiar…
