Originally published at: https://boingboing.net/2020/10/21/how-the-diabolical-ironclad-beetle-survives-getting-run-over-by-a-car.html
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Okay, so I get why it’s called ironclad, but what makes it diabolical? I need to know!
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Maybe because it can’t practically be crushed? Certainly not a wuss ironclad beetle.
Hard to squish between fingers and a ring like a Japanese Gem Beetle? Stay tuned for ‘Legend of the Shield Hero’ but all played between beetles with eyestalk gestures (and subtitles.)
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The old UNIX fortune program (which provides pithy quotes) used to include the following unattributed quote:
“When man calls an animal ‘vicious’, he usually means that it will attempt to defend itself when he tries to kill it.”
Similarly ‘diabolical’ includes “difficult to kill”, apparently.
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Its always the combination of the material and structure.
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Adapted from
Cet animal est très méchant,
Quand on l’attaque il se défend.
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