It's All About the Numbers

We've been reading books with numbers all this week, and it's been a lot of fun.  Even Little Lady likes these books.  The book that has been the most interesting for me has been the Bugs By Numbers by Sharon Werner & Sarah Forss.  Even the pictures are made out of numbers.

 Although sometimes disturbing, a lot of the facts are really fascinating.  Here are a couple that I was particularly taken aback by:

• Mosquitoes can smell your breath from 75 feet away, and during a full moon their biting increases by 500 times.
• Cockroaches can hold their breath for 40 minutes, and they can survive 168 hours without its head. 
• Bed bugs usually seek blood every 7 days, but can live 540 days without food.  They are also their hungriest about 60 minutes before dawn.
• The largest earthworm measured 22 feet (same length as a moving van)

Feel free to use any of these amazing facts as your next conversation piece.  I'm sure you'll get quite a reaction.  :)