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PhoenixSerenity<p>The <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/largest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>largest</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/genome" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>genome</span></a> of any insect, seven times the size of the <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/HumanGenome" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HumanGenome</span></a>, was recently <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/discovered" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>discovered</span></a> in a grasshopper. In a <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/study" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>study</span></a> published in&nbsp;<a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/PLOSONE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PLOSONE</span></a>, researchers from the <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/GermanLeibnizInstitute" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GermanLeibnizInstitute</span></a> for the <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Analysis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Analysis</span></a> of <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Biodiversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Biodiversity</span></a> Change &amp; <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/CzechAcademyOfSciences" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CzechAcademyOfSciences</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/prove" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>prove</span></a> wrong the idea of <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/insect" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>insect</span></a> genomes being comparatively small/less complex.</p><p>Speckled buzzing <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/grasshopper" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>grasshopper</span></a> (<a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/BryodemellaTuberculata" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BryodemellaTuberculata</span></a> ).</p><p><a href="https://phys.org/news/2023-03-scientists-giant-insect-genome.amp" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">phys.org/news/2023-03-scientis</span><span class="invisible">ts-giant-insect-genome.amp</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Entomology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Entomology</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/NewDiscovery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NewDiscovery</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/biological" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>biological</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/nature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nature</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Europe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Europe</span></a></p>
PhoenixSerenity<p><a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Scientists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Scientists</span></a> believe they have <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/discovered" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>discovered</span></a> a <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/new" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>new</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/parasitic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>parasitic</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/fungus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fungus</span></a> which <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/preys" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>preys</span></a> on trapdoor <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/spiders" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>spiders</span></a> in <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Brazil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Brazil</span></a> ’s Atlantic <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/rainforest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rainforest</span></a> .</p><p>The <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/rare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rare</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/organism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>organism</span></a> , which is purple, belongs to a group of <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/fungi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fungi</span></a> that <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/infect" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>infect</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/invertebrates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>invertebrates</span></a> &amp; take over the host. A closeup image shows the fungus wrapped around the body of a <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/TrapdoorSpider" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrapdoorSpider</span></a> , poking out of the burrow from which the <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/arachnid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>arachnid</span></a> grabs insects.</p><p><a href="https://amp.theguardian.com/environment/2023/mar/17/parasitic-fungus-that-infects-and-kills-spiders-discovered-in-brazil-aoe" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">amp.theguardian.com/environmen</span><span class="invisible">t/2023/mar/17/parasitic-fungus-that-infects-and-kills-spiders-discovered-in-brazil-aoe</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/NewDiscovery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NewDiscovery</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Science</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Amazon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Amazon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/BreakingNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BreakingNews</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/SaveTheRainforest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SaveTheRainforest</span></a></p>