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Did you know there is a kind of beetle that can survive if it is eaten by a frog? What about the cockroachAn insect with a flat body and long antennae that lives in most parts of the world. Some kinds of cockroaches are pests that live in homes and other buildings. Cockroaches are active at night. that can run at 210mph?

An author has discovered facts about thousands of insects around the world. He has written about them in a new book.

Insects are so skillful that some people think they could run the world. Here is The Day's guide to how they might be able to do it:

1. Food. Bees are pollinators. They help food grow. Without them, many crops would die. The bees could be in charge of feeding the world.

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2. Strength. The dung beetle is super strong. It can carry 1,141 times its own bodyweight. Working together, dung beetles could build whole cities!

3. Teamwork. Ants are known for working together. They collect food and fight off enemies in armies. They can make bridgesAnts live in big colonies. When they need to get from branch to branch, they use each other as bridges and ropes to get across gaps. with their bodies. They would keep us safe.

4. Survival. Insects have been on Earth for 300 million years. They are on nearly every continentA continent is a large solid area of land. Earth has seven continents. In order from largest to smallest, they are Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, and Australia.. And there are more than one million different speciesA set of animals or plants with similar features. Members of the same species can breed with each other. . They know how to survive better than anything else!

Yes! They should run things. They can feed us and keep us safe. Their teamwork skills make them good leaders. And there are billions of them!

Of course not! Insects have lots of skills, but humans are much more clever. We have imagination. We don't just have survival skills. We can invent things. We should be in control.