Flies are deaf.
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Placing alcohol on a scorpion's back will make it go crazy and fatally sting itself.
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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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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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When dragonflies mate, their tails form a love heart.
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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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