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How does the Bombardier Beetle shoot steam out its rear end?

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Actually, it shoots chemicals out of its abdomen, not its rear end. * When alarmed or threatened, these beetles can set off a small chemical explosion which shoots out from their abdomen. read more

The bombardier beetle combines hydrogen peroxide with hydroquinones from two reservoirs in its abdomen to create a chemical reaction that produces heat and caustic chemical burns. It propels this liquid in rapid bursts from the tip of the abdomen. read more

This beetle defends itself by shooting boiling-hot fluids out its rear end at its attackers; Gish argues that no ordinary beetle could have slowly evolved into a bombardier beetle through any conceivable transitional forms because a transitional beetle with an incomplete mechanism would have either been burdened with a load of useless baggage, or else have blown itself to smithereens. read more

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