Everything you know about minibeasts is wrong!

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Explore the amazingly astounding and perfectly puzzling world of minibeasts in this fun family science talk.

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Did you know that the fact that all bees die when they sting you is wrong? Or the fact that centipedes have 100 legs and cockroaches are indestructible is also WRONG? But don’t worry, there are so many minibeasts out there it’s impossible to know everything about all of them… So, let’s uncover the truth!
Join Zoologist and Author, Dr Nick Crumpton and Entomologist &amp; Curator, Beulah Garner for an un-bee-lievable event debunking all sorts of myths about minibeasts, based around Dr Nick Crumpton’s inventive new book, Everything You Know About Minibeasts is Wrong! Expect to unearth countless creepy-crawly facts and discover ingenious invertebrates you never knew existed!
Nick will be joined by Beulah Garner, an insect expert from the Natural History Museum, and together they will debunk many common myths about all kinds of minibeasts.
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Everything you know about minibeasts is wrong!

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