Fact or Fiction

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Fact or Fiction
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Fact or Fiction?

• Bed bugs are a fairytale from childrens rhyme.

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Fiction

• Bedbugs are real. They are true bugs that
  belong to the order Hemiptera. They are wingless a
  nd have piercing/sucking mouthparts that
  they use to feed on  warm blooded animals includin
  g humans.  

4
Fact or Fiction?

• Scorpions have the ability to glow.

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Fact

• Scorpions have a protein in their outershell
  that floresce under UV light. It is believed to
  be how they communicate with their mates under
  moon light.

6
Fact or Fiction?

• Tarantulas are deadly to all humans. 

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Fiction

• Most tarantulas are not strongly venomous to
  humans but their bite can be fatal to those with
  allergic reactions.

8
Fact or Fiction?

• Processed foods are 100 insect free.

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Fiction

• Insects are a part of all processed food from
  wheat meal for bread to tomato ketchup. It's
  impossible to keep mass-produced food 100
  insect-free. There are regulations stating the
  maximum amount of bug bits that food can contain
  and still be fit for human consumption.

10
Fact or Fiction?

• A maggot infested wound generally heals faster.

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Fact

• During the American Civil War, the wounded who
  did not receive prompt treatment often had their
  wounds infested with blowfly maggots.
  Surprisingly, these wounds healed faster, with
  less infection thus avoiding amputation.

12
Fact or Fiction?

• Arthropods are the largest phylum in the animal
  kingdom.

13
Fact

• Arthropods constitute over 90 of the animal
  kingdom, and there are more than a million
  different arthropod species.
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