Symptom: Icicle Stabbing Spondylitis

https://www.illmarks.com/symptom-icicle-stabbing-spondylitis/

#Insects have a lot of #anatomical and #physiological features that make them very well-adapted to #terrestrial #environments. And some of them live in extremely #dry situations.

#Flour #beetles can go their entire lives without #drinking? How do they do this? Part of the puzzle is that they "drink" through their #rectum.

Explainer : https://www.cbc.ca/radio/asithappens/beetle-butt-research-hydration-pests-1.6788516

#entomology #evolution

#OA : https://www.pnas.org/doi/full/10.1073/pnas.2217084120