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The largest and most diverse animals
on earth, insects encompass over 925,000 different species. Found
worldwide, in almost any climent and habitat, they share the common
characteristics of a having an invertebrate (spineless) body divided
into three parts (head, thorax and abdomen), with six legs, and
a hard outer covering called an exoskeleton. They range in size
from less than a millimeter to over 18 centimeters, and come in
an endless variety of shapes and colors. Some insects include beetles,
bees and wasps, flies, butterflies and moths... Click here for more info...
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A cockroach can breathe without its head. This is because
cockroaches do not have muscular lungs, the way that humans do. Instead,
cockroaches breathe through tubes attached to small, valved openings
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'Spit tobacco juice or else!'
In the old days, children often played a game that involved catching grasshoppers on a warm summer day.
You have to be quick because a grasshopper can tell when you are just a few feet away. Hold the grasshopper lightly in one hand and say, 'Spit tobacco juice or else!'
Then, look out because he will spit a disgusting brown-colored liquid that resembles tobacco juice.
Since he breathes through holes on his sides instead of through his mouth, he might feel threatened when being held too closely.
Click on the individual insects on the left to get more cool facts.
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