Sleep Story 210 - Evolution and Adaption
Bore You To Sleep - Sleep Stories for Adults
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Adapted Insects
In the squirrels, the bushy tail serves as a protection during the winter for those parts of the body not so thickly covered by hair. The bad smelling horns of the caterpillar of the black swallow tailed butterfly are thrust out when the animal is touched and it is believed that they serve to protect the caterpillar attack. A peculiar case of adaptation is the so called basket on the third pair of the legs of the worker honey bee which contains pollen collected from the stamens of the flowers. Cases like this grade off into those in which, by some reflex or voluntary act, the animal protects itself.
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