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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Hot seafood Scientists in Britain have discovered that levels
of radiation in flounder, sole, and mussels found in the Severn
Estuary waterway, England, are hundreds of times higher than
expected. The source of the contamination is a factory which makes
isotopes for the pharmaceuticals industry. Although the marine
creatures themselves are found to have high levels of toxins, the
toxic level of the water is fairly low. Scientists at the Ministry
of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (MAFF) in Britain are now
calling for a re- think on appropriate levels for radioactive
discharges into Britain's waterways. 31 OCTOBER 1998, P. 10
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