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FAST FACTS

The male wasp Some of the tiniest
is just one-eighth Male animals of all are
the size of the lociferans, which live
female (by volume). between grains of
Females range Female sand. At 0.0004 in
in length from (0.01 mm) long, the
0.015 in to smallest lociferan is
0.022 in 200 times smaller
(0.39 mm to than a grain of sand. Shown at 2000 times
0.55 mm). its real size

Male fairyflies use A line
their antennae to of 29 male
search for a mate. Dicopomorpha
echmepterygis
fairyflies could
fit on a grain
of rice.

Rice is the seed
of a species of grass,
and comes in 40,000
different varieties.

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