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TRUE OR FALSE? 281
A cockroach can FAST FACTS

30 FEET
30 FT
(9 M)
live for three days equivalent (7.3 M) TERMITE MOUNDS UNITED STATES SOME MONARCH
to about
BUTTERFLIES FLY
5 average
24 FT
CAN REACH 30 FT
CANADA
people
1,750 MILES
(9 M) IN HEIGHT
18 FT
(2,800 KM) IN
without its head (5.5 M) The master builders of the insect Flying south to Mexico, some monarch butterflies
THEIR LIFETIME
world create their towering homes
12 FT
from a mixture of wood, soil, mud,
(3.7 M)
openings at the base of the mound to
being great fliers, they use special sensory organs
6 FT saliva, and poop. Termites use MEXICO travel far to escape cold weather. In addition to
(1.8 M) enter and exit the nest, while workers on their feet and heads to identify their favorite
add new tunnels and repair damage.
plant, milkweed. They live for up to eight months.
There are 4,600 These scavengers
named species eat virtually
of cockroaches. anything to survive.

Could
cockroaches
survive a
nuclear
explosion?

Their six legs carry
them at speeds up to
3.4 mph (1.5 m/s).

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