Golden Beetle

Golden Beetle

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What when you reached right down to seize what seemed like a nugget of pure gold and it scurried away? This is the Jewel Scarab Beetle, which physicists on the University of Exeter have not too long ago found the origin of the bugs’ putting metallic golden look, exhibiting that the golden beetles have a singular optical signature. The construction of the beetle and its armor uniquely manipulates the way in which the sunshine is mirrored in order that it seems to be like pure gold.

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