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In a series of posts, Gen Kainerugaba said his soldiers had captured Mr Sebuufu "liked a grasshopper" and he was learning Runyankore, a language spoken in western Uganda, while in custody.

From BBC

Our focus is on responses in plant-feeding populations, from tiny grasshoppers to giant pandas.

From Salon

Whether you are a grasshopper or a bird or a human, if you start destroying the environment in which you live, then you are overpopulated.

From Salon

In Japan grasshoppers, silkworms, and wasps were traditionally eaten in land-locked areas where meat and fish were scarce.

From BBC

This summer, thousands of grasshoppers will take flight in northeast California, eating everything in their path and likely destroying crops along the way.

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