by Matt Simon
CHAPTER 7:
You Can’t Let Them Get Away That Easily, Can You?
Bolas Spider
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Stringer, I. (1967). The Larval Behaviour of the New Zealand Glow-Worm Arachnocampa Luminosa. Tane 13: 107–17.
Yeargan, K. (1994). Biology of Bolas Spiders. Annual Review of Entomology, 10.1146/annurev.en.39.010194.000501.
Velvet Worm
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Bhatia, A. (2013). The Fluid Dynamics of Spitting: How Archerfish Use Physics to Hunt with Their Spit. Wired. Retrieved from http://www.wired.com/2013/11/archerfish-physics/.
Concha, A., et al. (2015). Oscillation of the Velvet Worm Slime Jet by Passive Hydrodynamic Instability. Nature Communications, 10.1038/ncomms7292.
Mayer, G., et al. (2015). Capture of Prey, Feeding, and Functional Anatomy of the Jaws in Velvet Worms (Onychophora). Integrative and Comparative Biology, 10.1093/icb/icv004.
Ogg, B. (2008). Managing Centipedes and Millipedes. University of Nebraska, Lincoln. Retrieved from http://lancaster.unl.edu/pest/resources/CentipedeMillipede012.shtml.
Read, V., and R. Hughes. (1987). Feeding Behaviour and Prey Choice in Macroperipatus torquatus (Onychophora). Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 10.1098/rspb.1987.0030.
Simon, M. (2014). Absurd Creature of the Week: Voracious Velvet Worm Ensnares Foes with Jets of Slime. Wired. Retrieved from http://www.wired.com/2014/08/absurd-creature-of-the-week-velvet-worm/.
Woo, M. (2015). How the Velvet Worm Pulls Off Its Bizarre Slime Attack. Wired. Retrieved from http://www.wired.com/2015/03/velvet-worm-pulls-off-bizarre-slime-attack/.
Geography Cone Snail
Chadwick, A. (2015). Exploring Cone Snails and Science. Olivera Lab, University of Utah. Retrieved from http://www.theconesnail.com/.
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Olivera, B. (2009). Biodiversity at a Snail’s Pace. Howard Hughes Medical Institute Holiday Lectures. Retrieved from http://media.hhmi.org/hl/09Lect3.html.
Safavi-Hemami, H., et al. (2015). Specialized Insulin Is Used for Chemical Warfare by Fish-Hunting Cone Snails. PNAS, 10.1073/pnas.1423857112.
Sarramegna, R. (1965). Poisonous Gastropods of the Conidae Family Found in New Caledonia and the Indo-Pacific. South Pacific Commission Technical Paper 144.
Simon, M. (2014). Absurd Creature of the Week: The Parasitic Worm That Turns Snails Into Disco Zombies. Wired. Retrieved from http://www.wired.com/2014/09/absurd-creature-of-the-week-disco-worm/.
Lamprey
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Funny Fish Falling from the Sky! (2015). Alaska Department of Fish and Game. Retrieved from https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.856880884378885.1073741851.322167891183523.
Gess, R., M. Coates, and B. Rubidge. (2006). A Lamprey from the Devonian Period of South Africa. Nature, doi:10.1038/nature05150.
Gill, H., et al. (2003). Phylogeny of Living Parasitic Lampreys (Petromyzontiformes) Based on Morphological Data. Copeia, 10.1643/IA02–085.1.
History of Life on Earth. BBC. Retrieved from http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/history_of_the_earth.
Izadi, E. (2015). Why These Mysterious, Blood-Sucking Fish Fell from the Alaskan Sky. Washington Post. Retrieved from http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/speaking-of-science/wp/2015/06/12/why-these-mysterious-blood-sucking-fish-fell-from-the-alaskan-sky/.
Kircheis, F. W. (2004). Sea Lamprey. Retrieved from http://www.fws.gov/GOMCP/pdfs/lampreyreport.pdf.
Renaud, C. (2011). Lampreys of the World: An Annotated and Illustrated Catalogue of Lamprey Species Known to Date. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. FAO Species Catalogue for Fishery Purposes No. 5.
Sea Lamprey: The Battle Continues. (1998). Great Lakes Fishery Commission. Retrieved from http://www.seagrant.umn.edu/ais/sealamprey_battle.
Sea Lamprey: A Great Lakes Invader. Great Lakes Fishery Commission. Retrieved from http://www.glfc.org/sealamp/.
Shimeld, S., and P. Donoghue. (2012). Evolutionary Crossroads in Developmental Biology: Cyclostomes (Lamprey and Hagfish). Development, 10.1242/dev.074716.
Simon, M. (2014). Absurd Creature of the Week: The Aquatic Menace That Gives the Worst Hickeys Ever. Wired. Retrieved from http://www.wired.com/2014/07/absurd-creature-of-the-week-lamprey/.
Assassin Bug
Bulbert, M., M. Herberstein, and G. Cassis. (2014). Assassin Bug Requires Dangerous Ant Prey to Bite First. Current Biology, 10.1016/j.cub.2014.02.006.
Chagas Disease (American Trypanosomiasis). (2015). World Health Organization. Retrieved from http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs340/en/.
McCalman, I. (2009). Darwin’s Armada: Four Voyages and the Battle for the Theory of Evolution. New York: W. W. Norton.
Orrego, F., and Quintana, C. (2007). Darwin’s Illness: A Final Diagnosis. Royal Society Notes and Letters, 10.1098/rsnr.2006.0160.
Simon, M. (2014). Absurd Creature of the Week: The Ferocious Bug That Sucks Prey Dry and Wears Their Corpses. Wired. Retrieved from http://www.wired.com/2014/06/absurd-creature-of-the-week-assassin-bug/.
Wallace, A. (1852). Letter concerning the Fire on the “Helen.” Retrieved from http://people.wku.edu/charles.smith/wallace/S007.htm.
Wallace Is Shipwrecked and Loses His Collections. Natural History Museum, London. Retrieved from http://www.nhm.ac.uk/nature-online/collections-at-the-museum/wallace-collection/item.jsp?itemID=59 (site discontinued).
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