Rejoice! Britain Has Saved the Wart-Biter
Reuters
LONDON —
Britain’s most endangered grasshopper, the wart-biter, has been reared successfully in captivity for the first time, scientists at London Zoo said Sunday. These grasshoppers are called wart-biters because peasants used them to bite off warts.
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