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Foaming Grasshopper!

  • August 12, 2014
  • By KIDS DISCOVER

The Koppie foam grasshopper repels enemies by covering itself with a smelly foam squeezed out of glands along its body. The colorful South African insect is actually doing predators a favor by bringing on the stink: Its body is highly toxic, thanks to a diet of poisonous plants.

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