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1 day ago · Tool use by non-humans. Tool use by non-humans is a phenomenon in which a non-human animal uses any kind of tool in order to achieve a goal such as acquiring food and water, grooming, combat, defence, communication, recreation or construction. Originally thought to be a skill possessed only by humans, some tool use requires a sophisticated ...
1 day ago · The three-part appearance of many insect bodies and the two-part appearance of spiders is a result of this grouping. There are no external signs of segmentation in mites . [34] Arthropods also have two body elements that are not part of this serially repeated pattern of segments, an ocular somite at the front, where the mouth and eyes ...
1 day ago · Bird kites Abstract or realistic-looking bird kites, dynamic bird kites, bird art on kite faces Boat kites A 1930 Peel Glider Boat was kited on a 1000-foot line, and would get about three miles of air-gliding distance after releasing its kite line. Many contemporary inflated boats being kited begin and end their kited session as towed boats.
1 day ago · Ant colonies can be long-lived. The queens can live for up to 30 years, and workers live from 1 to 3 years. Males, however, are more transitory, being quite short-lived and surviving for only a few weeks. [68] Ant queens are estimated to live 100 times as long as solitary insects of a similar size.