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Title: Reuters: Study shows what makes locusts swarm
Post by: natalie on January 30, 2009, 04:59:28 AM
Study shows what makes locusts swarm
      
   
      


LONDON (Reuters) - A brain chemical that lifts people out of depression can transform solitary grasshoppers into swarming desert locusts, a finding that could one day help prevent the devastating plagues, researchers said on Thursday.<div class="feedflare">
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http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/scienceNews/~3/WTmjfQ0UKYQ/idUSTRE50T04620090130