Это не дождь, это мощная моча
Sharpshooters survive by guzzling a lot of plant sap. But drinking all of that liquid nutrition presents a problem for these tiny insects: How do they move it all out Easy. They ve perfected a superpropulsive urination technique using a special catapult in their butt. The sharpshooter gets all its nutrition from the thin, watery liquid inside a plant, called xylem sap, which it sucks out with this tubeshaped stylet. That sap has so little nutrition that sharpshooters need to guzzle nonstop. Taking all that liquid in presents a problem how to move it out. The sharpshooter has evolved the perfect tool for the job: an anal stylus or butt flicker. Here s something incredible: Each drop of pee actually travels faster than the speed at which the butt flicker launched it.
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