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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Worker bees must visit around 4,000 flowers in order to make one tablespoon of honey.
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Ants have tiny magnetic compasses in their antennae which help them navigate.
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Sharks, like other fish, have their reproductive organs in their chests.
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Dolphins sometimes have fun by blowing bubbles and creating rings of air underwater, which they then swim through.
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The largest earthworm on record was found in South Africa and measured 22 feet.
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When Washoe, the first chimp to use sign language, was told that her caretaker's baby had died, she signed "CRY."
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