Did You Know?

• There are 200 million insects for every one of us. A caterpillar can increase its weight 10,000 times in 10 days – equivalent to a newborn baby growing to 40 tons.
• A single subterranean nest of grass cutter ants can house up to five million individuals.
• Brunsvigia bosmaniae flower heads snap at the base and roll across the ground to disperse their pea-sized seeds in the wind.
• Sailfish are the fastest fish in the sea – they have been measured doing 109km per hour.
• Male vogelkop bowerbirds spend nine to 10 months a year working on their spectacular bachelor pads – the perfect place to entertain and impress the ladies.