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    Ancient insect

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    This ancient "flea-like" insect, Pseudopulex jurassicus, lived 165 million years ago. It used a long proboscis to feed on the blood of dinosaurs, with a bite that would have been unusually painful. (Illustration by Wang Cheng, courtesy of Oregon State University)

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