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POTTER
WASP~S
UNUSUAL
HANGING
ACT
ost mothers in the
animal world are,
as you would
suspect, very so–
licitous of the fu–
ture welfare of
their offspring. However. it's not
every day that you'll find one who
will dangle her progeny in midair a
few inches away from certain de–
struction. But that's exactly what
the female potter wasp makes a lite–
long career of doing.
To start the next generation off
on the right foot, the mother wasp
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