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Did You Know?

• There are 200 million insects for every one of us. A caterpillar can increase its weight 10,000 times in 10 days – equivalent to a newborn baby growing to 40 tons.
• When monarch butterflies gather, there are four million of them for every acre of land – and one billion of them in Mexican forests.
• If migrating monarch butterflies get hit by a westerly storm they can be blown across the Atlantic and end up in England.
• The crimson resin that gives the dragon’s blood tree its name is used to cure ailments, decorate houses and even as lipstick.
• In breeding season, flamingoes gather in groups of up to a hundred, flashing their feathers and strutting their stuff in unison.