15 Animals That Do Impossible Things

15 Animals That Do Impossible Things
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If you’re a big fan of superhero movies, you are in for a treat. If you think the Avengers have superpowers, wait until you see what kind of superpowers these animals have. We have an insect who thinks he’s spiderman and another one who has night vision. And you won’t want to miss the lizard who walks on water or the beetle who can burst out bolts of lightning from his arse.Show more

Bombardier Beetle Sprays Scorching Liquid

Bombardier beetles are like the skunks of the insect kingdom if skunks shot fiery acid at their enemies instead of just making them smell awful. And now, scientists know a bit more about how the bugs blast a chemical cocktail out of their rears without blowing themselves up. Many species of beetles secrete chemicals to ward off predators, but it turns out that bombardier beetles have a special chamber in their abdomens where they mix chemicals to produce an explosive reaction complete with gun smoke.

When the bug is threatened, it touches the match to the fuel, which then forces its way out of an exit channel in its rear end. In order to figure out why the bombardier beetles don’t just explode, the scientists used ultrafast x-ray imaging to capture the moment the beetles pulled the trigger. They discovered that the beetle’s defense acts less like a missile launcher and more like a machine gun, firing between 368 and 735 pulses per second. Not only does this extend the range of the blast, but it might just save the bombardier’s life.

Millipedes Using Hydrogen Cyanide

A newly discovered millipede has more color combinations than any other millipede ever discovered - but its bright and striking coloring is a warning that attempting to dine on the arthropod may be biting off more than one can chew. The multi-legged creature is called Apheloria polychrome. The species is found on the forest floor of Southwest Virginia’sCumberland Mountains, and its colorful carapace is coated with cyanide as a deterrent to predatory birds. This is actually a fairly common defense mechanism among millipedes, and various species have demonstrated the secretion of hydrogen cyanide and benzoyl cyanide when disturbed.

They also release a host of other chemicals, such as mandelonitrile benzoate and benzaldehyde, both for defensive purposes and perhaps as an antibiotic. How millipedes use their chemical weapons varies. Some passively ooze them from their glands, others roll up to squeeze them out, and others actively spray them at predators. Curiously, unlike most living creatures, millipedes themselves are immune to the effects of cyanide; they produce all their chemical weapons in their own bodies.