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b u g s. Locusts can eat their own weight in food in a day. A person eats his own body weight in about half a year. The earliest fossil cockroach is about 280 million years old – 80 million years older than the first dinosaurs !.
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bugs Locusts can eat their own weight in food in a day. A person eats his own body weight in about half a year. The earliest fossil cockroach is about 280 million years old – 80 million years older than the first dinosaurs!
Termites eat through wood 2 times faster when listening to rock music.There are nearly as many species of ants (8,800) as there are species of birds (9,000) in the world. Houseflies find sugar with their feet, which are 10 million times more sensitive than human tongues. Ants can lift and carry more than 50 times there own weight. Insects have been present for 350 million years, and humans for only 130,000 years. Beetles account for one quarter of all known species of plants and animals. There are more kinds of beetles than all plants.
BeetlesAdult beetles have two sets of wings.Female beetles usually lay dozens or hundreds of eggs.Most beetles only live for a year. insect Fun FactsHoneybees have hair on their eyes. Slugs have 4 noses. The leech has 32 brains. Butterflies taste with their hind feet. A snail can sleep for three years.