danbensen:

stagbeetles:

  • The Onychophora forcefully squirt slime from their oral papillae; they do so either in defence against predators or to capture prey.
  • They prey on smaller animals such as insects, which they catch by squirting an adhesive mucus.
  • After a kill, the dominant female always feeds first, followed in turn by the other females, then males, then the young. Social hierarchy is established by a number of interactions: higher-ranking individuals will chase, bite, and crawl on top of their subordinates.

I did not know velvet worms hunted in packs

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