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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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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The pea aphid insect explodes itself thereby sacrificing its life to protect its relatives from predators.
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Moths are unable to fly during an earthquake.
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Ants have tiny magnetic compasses in their antennae which help them navigate.
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Placing alcohol on a scorpion's back will make it go crazy and fatally sting itself.
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Honeypot ants are a unique insect that use their own bodies as living storage pots of honey.
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