Chapter 425 - Chapter 425: Chapter 417 A Unique Way of Attacking_1 (1/2)

Chapter 425: Chapter 417 A Unique Way of Attacking_1

Their body shape somewhat resembled wasps, with long abdomens and pointy tails.

However, their wings were nearly invisible.

In fact, their wings were those short and thick elytra that looked more like two pieces of armor. When they needed to fly, the contracted wings would quickly extend from beneath the elytra and then unfold.

One characteristic of these beetles was that their larvae were wingless, only the adults would have the wings necessary for flight.

This aspect was quite similar to ducks.

Ducklings had fluffy feathers, rendering them incapable of flight when they were young.

Qin Niu found that these beetles were mostly Grade Two insects, with only a few reaching Grade Three. They lacked Poison Stingers, meaning they couldn’t sting like wasps do.

Ordinary beetles of this kind didn’t have poison glands.

The abdomens of these beetles had clearly evolved to have poison glands.

Qin Niu was very curious about their method of attack.

Having poison glands without fangs or stingers still left them unable to inject their venom into an enemy.

It was clear that these beetles lacked Poison Stingers, both Grade Two and Grade Three were the same in this regard.

If they had evolved to have poison glands, logically, they should also evolve corresponding attack organs.

For example, they could evolve their poison glands in their head, connected to their mouthparts.

After biting an enemy, they could quickly deliver the venom through their fangs or mouthparts.

To evolve poison glands in their abdomen didn’t make sense by normal logic.

Surely they couldn’t also grow a tube connecting to their mouthparts?

The distance would be too great, causing a delay in the Venom Attack. Even a delay of just one second could allow an enemy to escape.

This could greatly reduce their success rate of venom attacks.

Qin Niu used a homemade wooden tweezer to carefully observe a beetle, continually provoking it to display its attack method.

At that moment, he noticed a clear change in the beetle he had angered.

Its abdomen bulged noticeably.

Puff!

A transparent liquid sprayed out from the tip of its abdomen.

Qin Niu hastened to dodge.

The liquid fell onto the leaves of the weeds on the ground.

The leaves of the weeds looked as if they had been burned, immediately showing spots, turning yellow at a visually discernible rate, and eventually darkening.

The venom was actually sprayed out from the tip of the beetle’s abdomen.

This move was very much like the attack mechanism of the poison dart frog. When the frog is attacked by a strong enemy, it sprays a stream of urine from its rear as an attack. This urine contains potent toxins that cause immediate unbearable pain when in contact with the eyes, and can even lead to blindness.

If ingested, it likewise leads to vomiting, abdominal pain, dizziness, and other symptoms of poisoning.

If it lands on the skin and is not washed off quickly, it can corrode the skin, then penetrate into the bloodstream, causing poisoning.

Primitive humans knew the poison of the dart frog was very potent, so they specially collected it to smear on the tips of their arrows.

Or they would dip fine needles directly into the toxing to poison them.

They also applied it to the heads of their spears.

Even lions and elephants could be in big trouble if they got just a little bit on them.

Since primitive humans had primitive weapons, it was difficult for them to hunt elephants. But ever since they discovered frog toxins and applied them to their weapons, they almost became invincible in the jungle.

Even several-ton elephants could be hunted by them.