Random Insect Facts

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    Scientists say that a 'zombie apocalypse' is actually possible based on the recent discovery of certain brain parasites. But as of now, these parasites only affect bugs.
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    Ant Graveyard
    Ant Graveyard
    Ants have graveyards.
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    Flies are deaf.
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    Drunk Ants
    Drunk Ants
    If an ant is drunk, a fellow comrade will carry him back to the nest to sleep off the alcohol.
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    It would take about 1,200,000 mosquitoes to fully drain the average human body of blood.
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    When dragonflies mate, their tails form a love heart.
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    Cuddle Death
    Cuddle Death
    Once the Queen is deemed unfit to serve due to old age or disease, worker bees form a tight cluster around her until she dies from overheating, a process known as "cuddle death."
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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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