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Old-School Crickets

  • October 9, 2012
  • By KIDS DISCOVER

Splay-footed crickets have spread-out “toes” that help them glide over sand while hunting. Fossils show that these insects — now found in parts of Africa and Asia — haven’t changed much in 100 million years, even though they’ve been around since dinosaurs walked the Earth!

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