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And various other wasps have heavy metals concentrated near the apex of their mandibles. There's also resilin, an elastic-like compound(?) that concentrates energy at certain parts of insect joins, used during jumping, or other fast movements.
Which wasps?
See references therein for metals numerous other orders of not just insects but arthropods.
"metal mandible Hymenoptera" as a search.
The article describes the microscopic plating but doesn't show it. Here's a picture! http://cdn.sci-news.com/images/enlarge8/image_9093_2e-Acromy... Source: http://www.sci-news.com/biology/acromyrmex-echinatior-biomin...
Just wait until they dig deep enough to craft iron and diamond armor.
> never before seen in insects Is this surprising, considering that an estimated 86% of species on Earth and 91% of ocean species remain unidentified? https://journals.plos.org/plosbiology/article?id=10.1371/jou...
I like how their experiment was literally pitting ants against each other.
Never thought of it as cruel, which is unsettling when I imagine what an alien species with superior intelligence might choose to do with us.
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I don't know, properly made chainmail suit is bite and scratchproof. Might be able to wrestle the tiger into submission. Though the weight of the tiger is going to be a VERY HUGE issue. Give me a spear and I'll be willing though.
Chainmail is bite proof in that it will likely prevent the tiger's teeth from puncturing your skin, but a tiger's jaw is strong enough to snap almost any bone in your body through the chainmail, so it's ultimately not going to do you much good.
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Even wearing chain mail I doubt you'd have a chance much higher than zero against a full grown tiger.
I don't know, properly made chainmail suit is bite and scratchproof. Might be able to wrestle the tiger into submission. Though the weight of the tiger is going to be a VERY HUGE issue. Give me a spear and I'll be willing though.
Human has no chance wrestling an adult tiger.