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By documenting the unique pain caused by dozens of insect stings, entomologist Justin O. Schmidt created a one-of-a-kind ...

Once the fish were dependably taking shots at the insects, she tried outwitting them by presenting them with images of unfamiliar insects to find out whether the fish could recognize that any insect ...

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