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TIL that one of North America’s rarest dragonflies, the Hine’s Emerald Dragonfly, has nearly 360° vision, can fly around 40 km/h, and hunts with a success rate close to 95% yet only a few hundred remain because its wetland habitat is disappearing.

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TIL that one of North America’s rarest dragonflies, the Hine’s Emerald Dragonfly, has nearly 360° vision, can fly around 40 km/h, and hunts with a success rate close to 95% yet only a few hundred remain because its wetland habitat is disappearing.

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