How some sap-sucking insects fling their pee
Sharpshooters can hurl their liquid waste at an acceleration up to 20 times Earth’s gravity
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BOMBS AWAY Glassy-winged sharpshooters (one shown) chug plant sap and excrete liquid waste. They send their pee soaring using a catapult-like structure, scientists discovered.
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