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Meet the Weevils
When buzzing around our picnic tables and crawling across our kitchen floors, bugs are a disgusting nuisance. However, when viewed on their terms — and, more importantly, on their level — insects are an astonishing paradox of delicate beauty and armor.
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Cat Flea
Meet the Weevils
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Though the middle and hind legs of the Ctenocephalides felis are evolved for jumping from one feline host to another, the true miracle lies in the forearms, which are skillful at weaving cat hair into macrame coats for the winter. This cat flea hopes to one day retire to the countryside on a friendly opossum or prairie dog.