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Ants milk aphids for their honeydew. In return, the ants protect the aphids’ eggs from predators.

Chasing victims at a speed of 60cm per second, the tiger beetle is the fastest insect in the world.

The assassin bug pounces on unwary insects and then feeds by sucking out their body tissues.
 
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