Certain female species of spiders such as the Australian crab spider, sacrifice their bodies as a food source for their offspring.
Some male spiders pluck their cobwebs like a guitar, to attract female spiders.
The largest spider ever was the Megarachne which had a diameter of 50 cm. The fossil was found in Argentina.
The bite from a black widow spider is not automatically fatal. In fact, less than 1% of all people bitten by this spider run the risk of dying, and most of them are saved with the use of antivenin.
Ants don't sleep.
When the only queen ant dies, so does the entire colony, because no new workers are born.
The colour in a butterfly's wings does not come from pigment. The colour is produced prism-like by light reflected by their transparent wing scales.
30/05/2008
Altered Beast
click the monkey