Grasshoppers don't play possum

Graeme Ruxton ()
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Graeme Ruxton: University of Glasgow

Nature, 2006, vol. 440, issue 7086, 880-880

Abstract: When about to be eaten by frogs, certain grasshoppers assume a static, unwieldy pose that means they cannot be swallowed. Similar behaviours, interpreted as feigning death, may also be open to alternative explanations.

Date: 2006
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