Insects and other Family members. Simons Blog

Here are some interesting insect facts!

Houseflies find sugar with their feet, which are 10 million times more sensitive than human tongues.
Ants can lift and carry more than 50 times there own weight.
Insects have been present for 350 million years, and humans for only 130,000 years.
Beetles account for one quarter of all known species of plants and animals. There are more kinds of beetles than all plants.
Termites eat through wood 2 times faster when listening to rock music.
There are nearly as many species of ants (8,800) as there are species of birds (9,000) in the world

In short insects are the most successful and adaptable animals on earth. They are amazing. Life on earth would cease if they were to disappear. It has come to my attention recently though that my family have an entirely new use for insects. It seems we use them to make a point. ....
Example 1) A few years ago my eldest boy refused to let me remove a dead fly from a shelf in the dining room. I came down the next morning to find he had put half a grape next to the little body, in case it got hungry.Point?" I WANT A PET! GET ME A PET! I CAN LOOK AFTER IT! GET ME A LION OR A HORSE OR AN ABALONE OR SOMETHING! BUT GET IT NOW!!!!!"

Example 2) My youngest getting out of bed and running downstairs saying "I can hear a wasp! I can hear it coming to get me. It's gonna sting me MUMMMEEEEEEEEEEE!!! Point? "You shouldn't have put me to bed you bloody idiots. I should be allowed to sit downstairs until the early hours farting and eating my own body weight in chocolate".

Example 3) My wife found a dead fly on the bathroom floor. She stepped over it. It was there for 3 weeks. Point? "Why should I pick up the dead fly? There are three males in this bloody house. Lets just see if my bloody useless husband notices and  can actually be arsed to deal with it!"

Example 4) I found a dead fly on the bathroom floor. I stepped over it. It was there for three weeks. Point? "There's a dead fly there. I KNOW my wife will have seen it. She's conducting an experiment to see if I will pick it up. I'm gonna leave it there to see just how fucking annoyed she's gonna get before actually EXPLODING! This is gonna be fun!!!!"

Insects. Useful.