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Why blue animals are so rare
These critters' unique mutations play tricks with physics.
CREDIT: Yuranan Nanthaisong Previously, this species was found on the commercial tarantula market, but this was one of the first scientific studies describing its natural habitat or unique features. Since blue-eyed cicadas are very rare, a team at the Field will try to sequence its DNA to learn more about the genes giving it its distinctive eyes. Despite looking a bit like an illustration from a Dr. Seuss book, blue carpenter bees( Xylocopa caerulea) live throughout Southeast Asia, India, and Southern China.
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