The life cycle of the dragonfly, from egg to death of adult, is from six months to as much as six or seven years. Female dragonflies lay eggs in or near water, often in or on floating or emergent plants. Most of their life cycle is spent in the larval (nymph) form, beneath the water surface, using internal gills to breathe, catching other invertebrates or even vertebrates such as tadpoles and fish. In the adult (flying) stage, larger species of dragonfly can live as long as four months. Dragonflies have very good eyesight due to their unique eye structure. Dragonflies have up to 30,000 facets to their eyes, each one is a separate light-sensing organ or ommatidia, arranged to give them nearly a 360° field of vision.

I have my doubts about the accuracy of this list, since the only one I know about definitely is not true:No he wasn't.He was born in one of the spare bedrooms in Blenheim Palace on Oxfordshire, the home of the Dukes of Marlborough, which was being used for ball guests to leave their coats and cloaks in.The confusion has arisen because the word "cloakroom" in British English means what it says (a room to put cloaks and coats in) but in America means a toilet.

I have my doubts about the accuracy of this list, since the only one I know about definitely is not true:No he wasn't.He was born in one of the spare bedrooms in Blenheim Palace on Oxfordshire, the home of the Dukes of Marlborough, which was being used for ball guests to leave their coats and cloaks in.The confusion has arisen because the word "cloakroom" in British English means what it says (a room to put cloaks and coats in) but in America means a toilet.

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