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Check Out the Mouthparts on This New Prehistoric Insect

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Paleontologists identified a new species of insect trapped in 99-million-year-old Burmese amber, named Cretodorus noonoo. Its most striking feature is an elongated proboscis extending more than twice its body length, with a corrugated structure that allowed it to bend while feeding on tree sap deep within bark crevices.

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