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Defense and counter defense.

Defense and counter defense.
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Description: (a) Eleodes beetles defend themselves by spraying irritating chemicals at predators. (b) This defense is ineffective against grasshopper mice, who plunge the chemical-spraying end of the beetle into the ground and devour the insect from the head down.

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