April: Fool’s Day?

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Happy April Fool’s Day readers!

Although this day has been celebrated for several centuries, we are all none the wizer regarding its actual origin. Even so, we all know what the day is about – and that is, playing practical jokes on any unsuspecting ‘fools’ 🙂

So…within these next 24 hours, we would like to provide you with the opportunity to find out whether you are a fool!

Below, you will find ten interesting ‘facts’ about pests, however five will be real and five will be absolute fiction!

Do you think you will know which is which? LET’S GO.

# 1
All mosquitoes bite.

# 2
Clean homes are always pest free.

# 3
The German cockroach is the most common cockroach found in homes, shopping centres and restaurants.

# 4
Scorpions give birth to live babies.

# 5
A mouse’s favourite food is cheese.

# 6
Brick and concrete slab homes are termite proof.

# 7
As many as 100 people die each year as a result of bee and wasp stings.

# 8
Ants cannot chew their food.

# 9
Crickets hear through their knees.

# 10
Daddy longlegs are spiders.

How do you think you did?

Answers: 1F 2F 3T 4T 5F 6F 7T 8T 9T 10F

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