Queen ants have one of the longest life-spans of any known insect - typically up to 30 years. Western harvester ant queens can live up to 40 years!
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Christmas Island has bridges for crabs to stop them getting run over during the mass migration.
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Passengers on the Beijing subway can pay with plastic bottles.
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‘Fracture putty’ is a material being developed that when packed in & around a bone fracture, provides full load bearing strength within days.
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Some older/less efficient worker termites will develop 'backpacks' of toxic chemicals that explode when the termite is threatened. They are essentially used as suicide bombers when the colony is being attacked.
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There is a “Fruit Salad Tree” which can grow up to 6 different types of fruit.
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