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Should you ever find yourself a spectator at the weevil races, it might be worth taking a punt on this beauty winning by a neck. Males of the giraffenecked weevil, a Madagascan endemic, are better endowed than females, using their spectacularly disproportionate Gregory Pecks for leverage in fights with rivals. The beetles feed and raise their young on one particular type of tree, with the sturdy females deftly rolling the leaves into protective – and edible – egg cases that resemble green cigars. After laying a single egg inside, the female snips it from the tree so that it falls to the ground, where for some unknown reason, the going is good for larval development.