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Small creatures
People often think that insects are small delicate creatures.
But in reality, they are tough animals.
As a group,they are much tougher than many bigger animals that we know well such as birds and fish, cats and dogs.
Insects have six legs and three body parts.
Their antennae and shells help them to detect and protect.
Can you imagine that insects,
with their special body structure and power of senses,
destroy about 10% of the world's food supplies every year?
Insects have an ability to breed rapidly.
This enables them to develop large populations.
If you put all the insects in the world together,
they would weigh more than all the people and the rest of the animals on the earth!
Small creatures?
Yes,but with enormous strength.

小生命
人们总是认为昆虫是脆弱的小生命。
但是实际上,他们是生命力很顽强的动物。
相对于我们所熟知的许多更大的动物比如鸟类、鱼类、猫和狗来说,它们的的群体更加顽强。
昆虫有六只腿和三个身体部分组成。
他们的触须和外壳帮助他们探测和保护自身安全。
你能想象昆虫,
够通过它们特殊的身体结构和力量每年能够消耗世界上10%的食物吗?
昆虫有着很强的生育能力。
这让他们能够保持的很大的种群数量。
如果你把世界上所有的昆虫都放在一起的话,
他们的重量会比所有人类和其他生物加起来的重量还要重!
小生命吗?
的确,但是是拥有巨大力量的小生命。