Male mites shed the shed skin of newly mature females to ensure they're first in line to mate, according to a new study. “Living together in dense colonies can create fierce competition to find a mate,” she noted. CNN, "especially since the female spider mite only uses the sperm of the first male with whom she mates." Therefore, men have "developed strategies to improve their chances," he said.
Vacation request written by Chaucer
A 14th-century "bureaucratic document requesting time off for a civil servant" has been confirmed to be Geoffrey Chaucer's only surviving handwriting, it reported. The Guardian. Previously it was assumed that the request was written by a secretary, on behalf of the author. However, it is now believed by a leading scholar that it was actually written by Chaucer himself and submitted by him for the approval of King Richard II. It is "both casual in tone and casual in execution," said one expert.
The snail racing event returns
A snail racing event, which has finally returned after the Covid pandemic, has been awarded a Guinness World Record as the longest-running humanitarian snail racing world championship, he said. UPI. The World Snail Racing Championships in Congham, England features snails attempting to cover a distance of 13 inches, the world record of 22 seconds being set by a snail named Archie in 1995. First prize in the race is a jug of lettuce .
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