<i>Nicrophorus vespilloides</i> Pair (IMAGE)

Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology

<i>Nicrophorus vespilloides</i> Pair

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Nicrophorus vespilloides male and female are caring for their young. The breeding pair is seen tending to a cadaver of a small rodent that it preserves by covering the carcass with anal secretions containing symbiotic gut microorganisms.

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Shantanu Shukla, Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology

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