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Cricket swarms are driven by salt, protein and cannibalism

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Uploaded by on May 29, 2008

Read more: http://www.newscientist.com/channel/life/mg19826581.800

Watch what happens when swarms of crickets are presented with salt and protein snacks.

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  • Similarly, law school is driven by coffee, protein, and cannibalism

  • I like these videos of NewScientist, you'll learn something every day :)

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  • and thats the way the cockie crumbles:}

  • looks like mexico

  • nice ending

    

  • DAME NATURE YOU SCARY!

  • @superfisto good one

  • they aren't colonial, colonial insects don't mass migrate for fear of cannibalism. (I understand this is an old post, i just couldnt leave it alone.... so flip and wrong at the same time)

  • eating the ears of a rabbit, who know! Omniverouis insects.

  • wow, imagin in the start of the video and all those bugs 500x bigger

  • the bguining is like china, but with crickets

  • lol, she said diet p 1:30

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