Bombardier Beetle Chemical Cannon Video

Evolution has provided animals with a wide variety of defence mechanisms. In this video we see one of the more remarkable systems: the bombardier beetle’s chemical cannon. When it feels threatened the creature cooks up a brew of chemicals to boiling point then shoots it out of its abdomen at its assailant. The burning mixture is powerful enough to kill some adversaries, while sending others running away in pain.




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