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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If a vampire bat goes 2 days without drinking blood, they can die. However, well fed female bats will puke up blood and share it with other bats that they like in exchange for grooming.
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Mosquitoes don't just bite you, they also pee on you.
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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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If you see an ingredients list that includes carmine, cochineal extract or natural red 4, the product contains crushed up bugs.
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