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Journal of Experimental Biology, Vol 201, Issue 17 2461-2464, Copyright © 1998 by Company of Biologists
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SH Maddrell
Department of Zoology, Downing Street, Cambridge CB2 3ED, UK. shpm@hermes.cam.ac.uk.
The air-filled tracheal respiratory system of insects prevents them from diving deeply in water. It is argued that this is the major factor in preventing insects from colonizing the open sea: they cannot descend sufficiently deeply in the daytime to escape being eaten by fish.
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