Facts in "Bugs & Insects" Category
#1790 - Bugs & Insects Fact     2  The beautiful but deadly Australian sea wasp (Chironex fleckeri) is the most venomous jellyfish in the world. Its cardiotoxic venom has caused the deaths of 66 people off the coast of Queensland since 1880, with victims dying within 1-3 minutes if medical aid is not available. |
| #1791 - Bugs & Insects Fact 0 The leaf bug of ceylon (phyllum sicci folium) has legs and antennae the color and shape of leaves, has indentations on its body like the vein marks on a leaf, and hangs from branches, swaying in the breeze exactly like a leaf. |
| #1792 - Bugs & Insects Fact -1 Certain fireflies emit a light so penetrating that it can pass through flesh and wood. |
| #1793 - Bugs & Insects Fact 2 Tropical ants, when a flood sweeps down on them, roll themselves into a huge living ball which drifts upon the water, with the young safe and dry at the core. |
| #1794 - Bugs & Insects Fact 0 Scientists turn up as many as 10,000 new species of insects every year. |
| #1795 - Bugs & Insects Fact 3 Worms can have up to ten hearts. |
| #1796 - Bugs & Insects Fact 0 The dragonfly has about 30,000 lenses covering the retina of its eye, and thus sees many, many images where we see only one. |
| #1797 - Bugs & Insects Fact 2 Fleas can accelerate 50 times faster than the space shuttle. |
| #1798 - Bugs & Insects Fact 2 Male bees will try to attract sex partners with orchid fragrance. |
| #1799 - Bugs & Insects Fact 2 If two flies were left to reproduce without predators or other limitations for one year, the resulting mass of flies would be the size of the Earth. |
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