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    The dragonfly that plays hard to get
Faking your death to avoid an amorous suitor may seem like an extreme tactic, but a new study in the journal Ecology, has found that's exactly what female dragonflies do to escape male attention. Rassim Khelifa from the University of Zurich told The Newsroom's Andrew Peach about his discovery.
(Photo: Dragonfly, Credit: Science Photo Library)
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