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Scientists Discover a 99-Million-Year-Old Insect With a Bizarre Feature Never Seen in Living Species

ke a bendy straw, an ancient insect’s folded mouthparts may have flexed without collapsing, revealing a feeding adaptation unknown in living planthoppers. About 99 million years ago, a tiny insect became trapped in tree resin with mouthparts nearly twice the length of its body.

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