Where does the mantis, the unicorn (photo)
A fantastic creature.
The Brazilian Atlantic forest, which is more ancient than the Amazon forest, lost 90% of its area. Despite this it remains one of the most neglected on the planet. For example, it is home to many species of mantis, including mantis-unicorns.
These insects have strange protrusions, resembling a horn. This is actually part of the protective masking.
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Described only a few species of mantises-unicorns — Timorese, Arizona, Mexican, Texas, Paraguayan. During a recent expedition, a team of scientists non-profit project Projeto Mantis found 5 to 7 a new species of mantises that live in the Atlantic forest. Now scientists from the University of Ignatio de Loyola in Peru describe the findings and will soon publish my findings.
Squad bogomolovo includes almost 3 thousand species of insects. They are predatory creatures that feed on other insects and arthropods. Larger species even prey on lizards, snakes, frogs, birds and rodents. Praying mantises can reach a length of 11 cm. they Have well developed vision. It is also the only insects that can look over the back.
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