Monday, October 4, 2010 Thoughts: Food for thought! Some
objective information about other occupants on earth: and how
similar we are to insects and animals - like a horse who will
eat themselves to death given the chance, there are also people
on this planet who eat themselves to death. -The average
caterpillar has 2000 muscles. The average human has 700. -The
queen of a termite colony may lay 6,000 to 7,000 eggs per day,
and may live 15 to 50 years. -After eating, a housefly
regurgitates its food and then eats it again! -Queen bees lay
over 1,000 eggs a day; queen termites lay over 30,000 eggs a
day. -About 80% of the Earth’s animals are insects! -There are
grasshoppers that can draw blood with a kick. -A dragonfly has a
lifespan of exactly 24 hours. -Each year, insects eat 1/3 of the
Earth’s food crop. -Dragonflies can fly 36 miles (58k) an hour.
-For more than 3,000 years, Carpenter ants have been used to
close wounds in India, Asia and South America. -There is only
one insect that can turn its head -- th