Summary
When crowded together, ordinary shy grasshoppers can transform into swarming locusts that move as one giant, hungry group. Deep Look shows how living in a crowd changes their bodies and behavior.
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Talk about it
Alone, these grasshoppers stay green and calm. But when many crowd together, they change color, get restless, and band into a swarm. Moving as one huge group helps them find food and overwhelm predators -- a dramatic example of how being in a group changes behavior.
- What makes a shy grasshopper turn into a swarming locust?
- How does moving in a giant group help the locusts?
- Why can a swarm be a big problem for farmers?
Quick work-a-long
Vocabulary: locust, swarm, group, behavior.
Try it: Draw one calm grasshopper and a swarm of many. Write how being in a crowd changed their color and behavior.