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Ages before poison gas was used in warfare a tiny British beetle, known as the braehinus crepitans, used a similar device to confound its enemies, 'When pursued by bigger beetles this little creature ejects a peculiar tluid which, on coming in contact with the atmosphere, bursts into a pale blue-green (lame, following a kind of smoke, intensely irritating and poisonous. The common name of this poison gas-emitting insect is the bombardier beetle, and it is plentiful about Gravesend, England.

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Manawatu Herald, Volume XLI, Issue 1969, 26 April 1919, Page 1

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Untitled Manawatu Herald, Volume XLI, Issue 1969, 26 April 1919, Page 1

Untitled Manawatu Herald, Volume XLI, Issue 1969, 26 April 1919, Page 1

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