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Young spittlebugs feed by sucking juice from plants. Some of this juice passes through their bodies and oozes as bubbles from openings on their bodies. The bubbles don't burst easily, so they quickly pile up. Sometimes these young spittlebugs are completely covered with bubbles.


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Foresters in Paris are placing computer chips into trees which will hold data on the tree's age, health and location. Chips will be placed in 90,000 trees throughout the city



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