Tuesday, October 31, 2006

And Some More Strange and Interesting Facts

And today we have a special addition on....BUGS!!! =)

  • A butterfly has to have a body temperature greater than 86 degrees to be able to fly.
  • A cockroach can change directions up to 25 times in a second.
  • A colony of bees have to fly almost fifty-five thousand miles and tap two million flowers to make one pound of honey.
  • A flea can jump 150 times its size. That is the same as a person able to jump up 1,000 feet in the air.
  • A butterfly's taste sensors are located below their feet.
  • A house fly's feet are 10 million times more sensitive than a human tongue.
  • A scorpion can have up to 12 eyes.
  • Bees can communicate with other bees by dancing. Their dance can alert other bees as to which direction and the distance nectar and pollen is located.
  • A butterfly can see the colors red, green, and yellow.
  • Cricket chirping can tell the temperature outside. Counting how many times a cricket chirps in 15 seconds and then adding 40 to that number will approximately tell you what the temperature is in Fahrenheit.
  • For every human in the world there are one million ants.
  • In a lifetime, on average a honey bee produces 1/12th of a teaspoon of honey.
  • Lady Bugs really are not bugs. They are actually beetles and their correct name is The Ladybird Beetle.
  • Mosquitoes are attracted to the color blue more than any other color.
  • And Finally..........Fried spiders taste like nuts. (Blahhhh)


Phew, this one is a long list!! :-D Heheh!

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