Hidden facts about grasshoppers

Let’s recall fancy childhood memories of trying to catch grasshoppers in our backyards or garden. It was fun.

I could also recall secondary school, when we were asked to label a grasshopper, it had no ears in the labeling.

*  Do you know grasshoppers have ears on their stomach.

Grasshoppers hear the songs of its fellow grasshoppers through its simple eardrum known as tympana. This auditory organ is hidden under the wings on each side of the first abdominal segment.

                Although, they can hear, grasshoppers cannot distinguish pitches very well but only detect the differences in intensity and rhythm.

Each specie has a characteristic rhythm that distinguishes its songs from others species and this also aids courting males and females species in locating each other.

*   Do you know grasshoppers are good source of protein?

John the Baptist had one of the best meal of his life when he had locusts and honey in the wilderness.

In some regions of Africa, America and Asia, grasshoppers are a regular meal and from findings, grasshoppers are delicious. So, the next time you need some good source of protein you should try grasshoppers. Lol!

*   Do you know that grasshoppers and locusts are same?

According to 2010 article on locusts by Alexandre Vsevolo Latchininsky, which was published in the encyclopedia of animal behavior, he explained saying “all locusts are grasshoppers b

'ut not all grasshoppers are locusts”

Locusts are tagged “short-horned grasshoppers and the major difference between them is the behavioral states of each. Locus can exist in two behavioral states- solitary and gregarious but grasshoppers do not.

Now you know.

 What are those other hidden facts or myths you know about grasshoppers?

Photo credit: Scientificamerica

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How To Transfer Airtime From One Network To Another

 Have you ever imagined the possibility of having your airtime on one network been transferred to another network (i.e transferring credit/minutes/airtime from MTN or GLO to ETISALAT or AIRTEL).

Never say it is impossible with technology….

This seems not possible to you right now as it had seem impossible till it was imagined by group of 3 Nigeria young men who conceived the idea and brought about the Swap Naija- An application that help you swap your  credit or minutes or airtime as it is mostly referred to from one network to another.

I would consider this a lovely start-up with a description of “Easiest way to transfer credit”.  You don’t need to stamp your feet or go gaga when you discover that the network where you have airtime is going to bill you at a higher tariff compared to another. Just SWAP the airtime.

Now you can be on another network without actually swapping!  Send some airtime to your friends on another network when he needs to make that emergency call.     

Give it a try today by downloading the Swap Naija App on Android phones and tablets running on the android version 2.1 and higher or you can also get it downloaded on your Blackberry phones running on the OS 10 and higher.

If it can be imagined, it can be achieved!

Have you tested it? What do you think about this new application?

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Now On Sale- SanDisk World's Highest Capacity Micro SD Card

With the breakthrough in the technology market by SanDisk when it earlier this year revealed it's record breaking 200GB Ultra Micro SDXC UHS-1 card- water proof; shock proof; magnet proof; temperature proof; x-ray proof. It was almost made space proof and death proof. lol! Just kidding.

 The 200GB SanDisk SD card is also a breakthrough in the entertainment lifestyle with its storage capacity of 20hours of full HD video; premium transfer speed range of 90MB/s when you transfer a 1200 photos in a minute. I bet none can beat that!  It is also compatible with premium Android Smartphones, tablets and Mirrorless Interchangeable-lens (MIL) Camera. 

Sure your heart pants for it already. Right? To all the chrome users like me, this could be a relief to the movies download on your local disk and offline viewing.
The 200GB SanDisk SD card is available on Amazon for $239
Trust me to have placed an order for mine, you can also if you desire to have one.

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Self-driving cars with no steering wheel

Ever wondered how you could go home from work after a stressful day? Tired of having a driver who you can't put your trust on? Do you trust computers? Then this news could be a good news as Google declared in her blog to roll out a 2-seater car that would be without a steering wheel, brake pedal and gas pedal but would be fully driven by computer program and sensors with the go and  stop buttons only.

 A 100 prototypes would be released later in the year for testing by special "safety drivers" before it's finally improved and rolled out publicly if it passes the  safety test. 
The self-driving cars would be at a top speed of 40km/h with a screen that displays the route, 2 seats with seat belt and a space for passengers luggage.

source- googleblog
Do you think this idea would excel? would the advantages outweigh the dis-advantages or vice-versa?
Share your thoughts using the comment box. 

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