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Facts:
- A dragonfly has a lifespan of 4-7 weeks.
- A species of earthworm in Australia grows up to 10 feet in length.
- A square mile of fertile earth has 32,000,000 earthworms in it.
- A strand from the web of the golden spider is as strong as a steel wire of the same size.
- A large swarm of locusts can eat 80,000 tons of corn in a day.
- After eating, the housefly regurgitates its food and eats it again.
- An estimated 80% of animals on Earth have six legs.
- Anteaters prefer termites to ants.
- Bees do not have ears.
- Bees have 5 eyes. There are 3 small eyes on the top of a bee's head and 2 larger ones in front.
- Butterflies taste with their hind feet.
- Caterpillars have about four thousand muscles. Humans, by comparison, have only about six hundred.
- Certain fireflies emit a light so penetrating that it can pass through flesh and wood.
- Certain species of male butterflies produce scents that serve in attracting females during courtship.
- Cockroaches favorite food is the glue on the back of stamps.
- Earthworms have 5 hearts.
- Research indicates that mosquitoes are attracted to people who have recently eaten bananas.
- Slugs have four noses.
- Small cockroaches are more likely to die on their backs than large cockroaches.
- Some ribbon worms will eat themselves if they cannot find food.
- The average garden variety caterpillar has 248 muscles in its head.
- Tarantulas do not use muscles to move their legs. They control the amount of blood pumped into them to extend and retract their legs.
- The giant cricket of Africa enjoys eating human hair.
- The honey badger can withstand hundreds of African bee stings that would kill any other animal.
- The longest species of centipede is the giant scolopender (Scolopendra gigantea), found in the rain forests of Central and South America. It has 23 segments (46 legs) and specimens have been measured up to 10.5 inches long and 1� in diameter.
- The longest species of earthworm is the Megascolides australis, found in Australia in 1868. An average specimen measures 4� in length, 2� when contracted, and 7� when naturally extended.
- The original name for butterfly was flutterby.
- The world's smallest mammal is the bumblebee bat of Thailand, weighing less than a penny.
- There are an average of 50,000 spiders per acre in green areas.
