In dry conditions, locust babies are born with their first lunch

PHYSorg
May 27, 2025, 10:23 am87 pts
Locusts have undersized babies—with their first lunch already in their guts—in dry conditions. Desert locusts have two distinct modes—solitary and gregarious—that are behaviorally and visibly different. The insects also live in the Sahara desert, an environment with frequent dry conditions.

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