The Jewel Wasp injects a drug into a cockroach’s brain, turns it into a zombie, rides it like a horse back to its burrow, and then lets its hatched larvae feed on the cockroaches body from the inside.
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Cockroaches can live for 9 days after their head has been cut off.
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In Brazil, there's a species of cockroach that eats eyelashes, usually those of young children while they are asleep.
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Your ears secrete more earwax when you are afraid than when you aren't.
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Cymothoa exigua is a type of parasite that enters through fish's gills, eats their tongue, and then replaces it.
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Skittles and jellybeans contain crushed insect cocoons which are used to coat the candies to give them that special shine.
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15% of snails survive digestion by birds and are found alive in their droppings, potentially leading to the spread of snail populations.
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The human brain is very soft, having a consistency similar to soft gelatin or firm tofu.
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