View from the lab: our debt to worms: If the worm didn’t turn, much of the Earth would be uninhabitable, writes Prof Steve Jones. [Telegraph]
Young fire ants curl up and (pretend) die: Opossums do it, some snakes do it and even big bison do it. Now a new study now shows fire ants do it, too. When threatened by danger, the young insects will play dead to fake out an attacker. [MSNBC]
A Mutual Affair: I’d like to introduce you to one of my favorite animals: the shrimp goby. These pretty little fish lead lives of enviable indolence. As their name suggests, they live with shrimp (often, a pair). The shrimp build and maintain a burrow, which the goby and shrimp live in together. [NYT]
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