Water beetles can live on after being eaten and excreted by a frog

One insect crawled through the amphibian’s insides in just six minutes

Pond frog

This pond frog (Pelophylax nigromaculatus) makes easy prey of water beetles. But one beetle species (Regimbartia attenuate) can escape predation by traversing the amphibian’s digestive tract and emerge, still kicking, out the other end.

Shenji Sugiura

For most insects, the sticky, slingshot ride straight into a frog’s mouth spells the end.