The Insane Biology of: The Dragonfly

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  @safeysmith6720 · 4 years ago

  I use to be in the army. I can remember in training, the endless patrols through the woods.<br>But the dragonflies were our friends. You’d see them gliding back and forth just over our heads, catching the mosquitoes which swarmed around us. <br>It was impossible for the dragonflies to get all the mosquitoes, but it was a comfort to know we had allies out there in those woods.

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• CS

  @cshepard09 · 4 years ago

  The idea of dragon flies and hawks competing against each other is crazy. One that big would be terrifying

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• AI

  @AifDaimon · 5 years ago

  The most badass insect, hands down

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• DH

  @dhck999 · 3 years ago

  These aerial aces saved me when I was camping near the Yukon River. Once there was a thousand mosquitoes, then out of nowhere there were thousands of dragonflies. It was a treat to watch them catch mosquitoes, very beautiful to watch. Extremely agile and nimble in the air.

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  @livedeliciously · 5 years ago (edited)

  I remember being only able to see content like this on the Discovery Channel. It&apos;s crazy that I can watch content like this (arguably waaay better) at anytime and not being glued to my TV. Brilliant.

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  @ralphwhittemore5041 · 4 years ago

  Dragonflies are amazing creatures. I was with my Grandson going through a glass encased lobby of a store. When my Grandson spotted a large Dragonfly trapped inside the lobby. <br>I told him to watch this ,and I slowly reached my hand out towards the large insect. And he climbed onto my hand.Then I slowly walked to the automatic sliding door and lifted my hand up and the Dragonfly to my Grandsons amazement flew to freedom. <br> &nbsp; They definitely are intelligent and understand what&apos;s a threat and what&apos;s not.

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• ZA

  @zachheilman784 · 5 years ago

  The counter-balance to deal with aerodynamic flutter is some really incredible biomechanics. I&apos;ve seen videos of flutter being tested on airplanes and it&apos;s no joke, that can quickly ruin your day.

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• AD

  @addy4542 · 3 years ago

  I had a dragonfly once get stuck in my hair, after very carefully untangling him he sat in my shoulder and even moved to my hand for a solid 2 minutes before flying away. One of the reasons their my favorite insect

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• SP

  @speedy01247 · 5 years ago (edited)

  I like how dragonflies literally have different flight modes, including a hover, turbo, reverse, glide and agile mode.

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• BL

  @BlindSniperz · 5 years ago

  Early morning fishing and being surrounded by hundreds of gnats. Dragonfly&apos;s are a welcome sight hovering around your boat, snatching up gnat after gnat mid-air. Such a cool sight. At times, they&apos;ll even chase your lure while casting it out.

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• ZE

  @zen8704 · 5 years ago

  &quot;direct flight muscles able to tug on each wing individually&quot;<br>So dragonflies are all wheel drive?

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  @Priyajit_Ghosh · 2 years ago

  I just rescued a dragon fly from dying, and now it became a friend of mine. Despite now being safe, it doesn&apos;t leave my finger and is attached to it. I love this guy.

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