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A male giraffe weevil can reach 90 millimetres in length, towering over the smaller females. His ridiculously long snout, or rostrum, makes up half of his entire body, and is fringed underneath by a fetching moustache. Photo: Giselle Clarkson / NZ Geographic
This week, it's Weaponised, written by Kate Evans and published in NZ Geographic magazine's July-August issue.
You can read the full story, including illustrations by Giselle Clarkson, by picking up a copy of NZ Geographic magazine, or on the NZ Geographic website.
Evolution is an arms race writ large—nature red in tooth and claw. With each generation, predators and prey refine their aggressive weapons and defensive armour, while males wield increasingly strange appendages in their battles over mating rights.
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