Rats contaminate and destroy enough food worldwide each year to feed 200 million people.
A cockroach can live a week without its head. The roach only dies because without a mouth, it can't drink water and dies of thirst.
The total weight of all of the termites in the world is greater than the weight of all the humans in the world.
A cockroach can hold its breath for 40 minutes.
A mouse produces between 40 to 100 droppings per day.
More than 500,000 people seek emergency medical help each year as a result of insect stings.
Female German cockroaches can produce one egg capsule every 20 to 25 days. Each capsule contains from 18 to 48 eggs.
A female housefly can lay up to 600 eggs in her short lifetime.
36% of the reported Hantavirus cases in the United States have resulted in death. Hantavirus is a virus spread by rodents.
The American cockroach has shown a marked attraction to alcoholic beverages, especially beer.
To survive the cold winter months, many insects replace their body water with a chemical called glycerol, which acts as an "antifreeze" against the temperatures.
Wild and domestic rodents have been reported to harbor and spread as many as 200 human pathogens.