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Ever Seen A Fat Insect? Expert Relates This To The Current Human Obesity Epidemic (Medical News Today)

Dr. Spencer Behmer may have the answer why you never see a fat insect and that could have implications for what is billed as the current human obesity epidemic.Behmer, an entomologist with the Texas Agricultural Experiment Station, and several other researchers conducted a series of experiments to find out whether caterpillars could adapt to extreme changes in their nutritional environment.

published Mon, 25 Sep 2006 10:09:58 GMT

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[DocSanae]

Intresting findings.

[Pillows]

I have seen some really pudgy slugs here lately...does that count?
Janae