Boy finds rare pink grasshopper


	Boy finds rare pink grasshopper

cosmic_kitten1

9-16-2009 3:32 AM

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pink, insects, pretty, weird, cool, odd, strange

cosmic_kitten1 says:

thought it was kinda cool. And the insects are actually kinda pretty in pink.

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grasshopper that just happened to be born pink. </P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://green.yahoo.com/blog/greenpicks/253/boy-finds-rare-pink-grasshopper.html"><P>Experts aren't sure what caused 
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but not unheard of according to experts</A>. What makes this particular 
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