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Nature had a plan. Not everyone agrees with it.

Most poopular · Bugs & Reptiles

Public votes set the order. #1 is the most pooped.

Mosquito Bugs & Reptiles

Only the females bite. The diseases they carry make the mosquito the deadliest animal on earth for humans.

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Wasp Bugs & Reptiles

Unlike a honeybee, it can sting again and again: its sting has no barb, so nothing gets left behind.

Cockroach Bugs & Reptiles

Can keep going about a week without its head — it breathes through its body, and dies of thirst rather than the injury.

Snake Bugs & Reptiles

Smells with its tongue. The fork is what lets it tell which side the scent is stronger on, and so which way to go.

Fly Bugs & Reptiles

Tastes with its feet, and cannot chew — it spits enzymes onto food to dissolve it, then sponges the liquid back up.

Moth Bugs & Reptiles

Navigates by keeping a light at a constant angle, which is why an artificial one sends it into a spiral.

Turtle Bugs & Reptiles

The shell is fused to the spine and ribs, so it is skeleton rather than housing and cannot be left behind.

Spider Bugs & Reptiles

Spider silk beats steel on strength for its weight, though not in absolute terms — and nobody has worked out how to farm it.

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