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BaiHu
11-18-2013, 02:01 PM
It may look like something straight from a toy store but this bizarre creature is a new species of insect found living in the South American rainforest.
The 7mm-long creature is golden and its elongated body is covered in orange dots and stripes.
It has hair-like feelers sticking out of its rear which resemble the fuzzy hair of the colourful Troll Dolls, a popular toy in the 1990s.


Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2509259/Nymph-insect-iridescent-tuft-hair-discovered-South-America.html#ixzz2l1dLtVrU
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John Ralston
11-18-2013, 03:00 PM
Looked fake to me so I did some google research...seems legit, then found this story about a critter with a similar tail and some cool evolutionary stuff.

http://phys.org/news/2013-09-functioning-mechanical-gears-nature.html