{"id":14982,"date":"2020-03-30T10:01:03","date_gmt":"2020-03-30T10:01:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/HolywoodHullabaloo\/?p=14982"},"modified":"2020-03-30T10:01:03","modified_gmt":"2020-03-30T10:01:03","slug":"extraordinary-insects","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/HolywoodHullabaloo\/2020\/03\/30\/extraordinary-insects\/","title":{"rendered":"Extraordinary Insects"},"content":{"rendered":"

I have been reading this book\u00a0 about extraordinary insects and I have found out that there is a midge that lives in Africa and its larva (young) spends its life in small puddles of water that are constantly drying out.\u00a0 This creature can cope with a loss of up to 97 per cent of the water in its body whereas, we humans can only cope with losing 14 per cent!\u00a0 When the larva are in a dried up state, they can cope with pretty much anything:\u00a0 you can boil them, dip them in liquid nitrogen, soak them in spirit, expose them to cosmic radiation for years, or simply leave them alone and they can survive for up to 17 years!\u00a0 To wake them up again, simply add water.\u00a0 That’s amazing.\u00a0 I decided to do some insect art – these are some place mats I have painted – I still have two more to do.\u00a0 Mrs. Madden.\"\"<\/a>\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I have been reading this book\u00a0 about extraordinary insects and I have found out that there is a midge that lives in Africa and its larva (young) spends its life in small puddles of water that are constantly drying out.\u00a0 This creature can cope with a loss of up to 97 per cent of the … <\/p>\n

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