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Cassidinae, aka tortoise beetles, are any members of more than 3,000 beetle species that get its name from its transparent carapace. Tortoise beetles respond to danger by withdrawing the head and feet like a tortoise and sealing their flat-edged shell to a leaf. Many tortoise beetles can change color at will by squeezing a film of water underneath their shells. Cassidinae are one of the few groups of arthropods where the females create papery ootheca to protect their eggs. The ootheca often have the mother’s feces placed on top of them for extra camouflage. This is my favorite tortoise beetle, the spotted tortoise beetle (Aspidomorpha miliaris)! Photo by WJ.
Eeee it looks like it’s wearing a little space suit
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(Spoilers for Terminator 2)
After their deaths in the vat, the Terminators were cast into a total of 8976 spoons, which were sold at Wal-Mart to become the dining utensils of many families, including ironically the Reese family and their son Kyle.
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