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Hoppi : I don't have ears like you, but the antenna
helps me to pick up vibrations from the air
and the ground.

Ramya : Hoppi, I'm very hungry. Rani, Raju, Ani and

I are going out for lunch. Would you like to
join us for lunch?

Hoppi : No, I won't eat idlies, dosa, rice or chapathi
like you. I eat plants, wheat, oat, corn
and barley.

Rani : It's getting late. Mam will scold us. We need
to go. Nice to meet you Hoppi . Bye.

Hoppi : Nice to meet you too. Bye, take care. See you
soon!

here are some more facts about grasshoppers. Please
read them.

The Body Music maker

Grasshoppers have If you hear a chirp chirp
an exoskeleton which on a summer's night, it could
means the skeleton is be a male grasshopper trying

on the outside of their to attract a mate, or warn
body. The grasshopper off other males. They do
also has three pairs this by rubbing their back
of very strong legs. leg against their forewing.
They can walk and Other grasshoppers like the
jump twenty times the Band-winged Grasshopper will
length of their body. snap hindwings.This makes a
weird crackling sound.

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