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Ancient Nightmare Wasp Is Like No Other Insect on Earth


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Do not be alarmed by this heavily armed, parasitic wasp that bears no close relationship to any other organism, and is such a badass that it apparently traded flying for leaping like a grasshopper. Mercifully, Aptenoperissus burmanicus went extinct a long time ago. Encased in 100-million year old amber, this spectacularly well-preserved wasp was unearthed in the Hukawng Valley in Myanmar, one of the richest deposits of Cretaceous fossils on Earth.
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Gadgets & Tech – Spoken EditionBy Gizmodo