How female fireflies lure and eat males

Female fireflies fake mating signals to lure males they eat

Female Photuris fireflies copy the mating flashes of another kind of firefly. Males follow the false signal and are eaten. The females also gain defensive chemicals from their prey that they cannot make themselves.

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Aluminum is far more common in Earth's crust

Aluminum makes up 8.23% of Earth's crust by mass, but only 1.59% of Earth as a whole. Its strong attraction to oxygen keeps much of it bound in oxygen-rich minerals in the crust.

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Mauritius’s sea zone far exceeds its land area

~1,000×

Mauritius has 2,040 square kilometres of land and a maritime zone of about 2 million square kilometres—nearly 1,000 times its land area.

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