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The Great Diving Beetle Is an Impressive Underwater Hunter

The great diving beetle is a fast underwater swimmer and a voracious hunter. It can stay submerged for periods of up to 30 minutes a time—thanks to a makeshift oxygen tank in its wing case.

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