Explaining All Animals on Instagram: "Follow @explaining.animals to learn everything about animals one post at a time 🧠🔥 The beetle known for launching itself into the air is the click beetle, a member of the family Elateridae. Unlike most insects that jump with their legs, click beetles use a unique internal mechanism involving their thorax and abdomen. When threatened or flipped onto their back, they snap a spine on the underside of the thorax into a matching groove on the abdomen. This rele

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