- They can eat the prey they capture on the wing, without having to land to consume it.
- They have remarkable abilities to selectively focus on and track a single moving target.
- They are magnificent aerialists, with the ability to hover, dive, fly backward and upside down, and reach speeds of 30 miles per hour.
- Each of their four wings is attached to the thorax with a separate muscle, so they can still catch prey when one is missing.
- Their eyes may be the keenest in the insect world and take up almost their entire head, with as many as 30,000 facets that give them a full field of vision.
- They have voracious appetites and have been observed eating 30 flies in a row.
Being a visual and verbal chronologue of my peculiar life, foremost my research interests—death and the anatomical body—and travels and people I've met in pursuit of same; my collecting interests—fossils, postmortem photographs, weird news, and new acquisitions to my “museum”; and (reluctantly) my health, having been diagnosed with MS in 1990. "Satisfying my morbid curiosity and yours..."
Thursday, April 4, 2013
Dragonflies are monsters
Although dragonflies can't hear or smell very well, they are perfectly adapted predators, with a success rate (95%) that outdoes lions. I list some of their more extraordinary qualities below:
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