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by adenozine 1807 days ago
Maybe a lot of upvotes have not witnessed this themselves.

Not everything is going to be a new thing just for you. Don't you find it a little comforting that other people are now becoming aware that beetles are able to do this?

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Yeah but the article says this is the first time it’s been recorded.
I believe there is some emerging friction between academically authenticated knowledge and that observed by mere “amateurs.”

https://www.npr.org/2021/06/20/1006352654/enthusiastic-amate...

And see villager observations here: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/22/science/moray-eels-eat-la...