The Bombardier Beetle’s explosion is quite the exciting trick! Though it was ultimately cut due to the complications of adding animation to a PDF and a desire for the contents of the E-book and the print versions to be similar, I originally had the idea to put this animation on the Bombardier Beetle page of the E-book.
Here’s a link to a video of a different species of Bombardier Beetle shooting it’s spray in slow motion:
My Favorite Animals ABC 