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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Skittles and jellybeans contain crushed insect cocoons which are used to coat the candies to give them that special shine.
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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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It would take about 1,200,000 mosquitoes to fully drain the average human body of blood.
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Mosquitoes prefer certain blood types, and people with the “O” blood type are more likely to get bitten.
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Ants tend to survive in a microwave because they find the coolest spot and wait!
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