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My son sent this to me this morning. Just a fascinating article. I had no idea that dragonflies were like this.


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Impressive! I recall as a kid watching the dragonflies at the local lakes. Their flight abilities is what impressed me the most. I never thought that they were that successful w/ their prey.
 
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I once saw a dragonfly take a wasp. I was actually watching the wasp as it was over reeds on a lakeside. There one second and the next in the jaws of a dragon fly. Most impressive hunter.

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While most predators are successful about 25% of the time, the dragonfly is successful nearly 100% of the time; they locate their prey predictably. One of the few insects that can actually move it's head.
Incredible article...

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