Flies are deaf.
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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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Worker bees must visit around 4,000 flowers in order to make one tablespoon of honey.
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Ants have tiny magnetic compasses in their antennae which help them navigate.
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The pea aphid insect explodes itself thereby sacrificing its life to protect its relatives from predators.
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The Hercules beetle, despite weighing only 100 grams, can lift 8 kilograms, making it one of the proportionally strongest animals in the world.
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The katydid bug hears through holes in its hind legs!
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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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