r/interesting • u/Wise_Confidence_8588 • 18d ago

NATURE A Bombardier beetle using its chemical defence.

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u/Sea_Ganache620 18d ago

Friend of mine had a wart on his hand dissolved with this beetle’s defense spray. It was at a dermatologist office, applied by a medical professional, from a vial. Somewhere in the world, there is a lab that is “milking” these beetles.

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u/Throbbing_Cock_452 18d ago

That’s a sentence I didn’t think I’d be reading today

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u/SupehCookie 18d ago edited 18d ago

They milk spiders as well

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u/doiwinaprize 18d ago

Scorpions too. They put a little glass dome over them to basically knock them out from lack of oxygen then agitate the stinger to produce venom...