Creature Feature: Naomi's Wild & Scary - Top Facts
Naomi’s Wild & Scary is coming to Brighton Dome in April, ahead of the show we've come across some rather interesting facts about some of the world’s scariest creatures! Read on if you dare...
Carpet pythons have been known to curl up in people’s toilets.
Tarantulas can shoot barbed hairs at animals for self-defence, which can cause allergic reactions.
Giant centipedes eat lizards, frogs, birds and even mice.
A cockroach can live for one week without its head, and the decapitated head can even survive for several hours.
One milligram of poison from a golden poison dart frog is enough to kill between 10 & 20 people.
Female praying mantis often eat male praying mantis.
Giant African Land Snails may feed on bones to get the calcium they need to grow their giant shells.
Fossil evidence suggests that millipedes may have been the first animals to ever walk on land.
Some stick insects can break off legs and then regrow them in order to escape predators.
Part of an alligator snapping turtle‘s tongue looks like a worm, in order to lure fish into its mouth.