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How Did Bugs Learn to Copy Flowers 99 Million Years Ago? 🌼

Scientists found that insects have been pretending to be flowers for millions of years.

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Key Points

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Insects began mimicking flowering plants around 99 million years ago.

Mimicry protects insects from predators.

Research used fossils to trace this behavior.

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This trick helps them avoid being eaten.

The discovery comes from studying ancient plant and insect remains.

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4 words

mimicry

copying the look of something else

flowering plants

plants that grow flowers

fossils

old remains kept in rock

predators

animals that hunt and eat other animals

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