• O&A Team
• January 6, 2023
• Features
• anthropogenic noise, grasshoppers, locusts, noise pollution, The Conversation, University of the Western Cape, Vanessa Couldridge
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IMAGES: PIXABAY Grasshoppers aren’t necessarily humans best friends. But it seems that they have more to fear from us. Vanessa Couldridge, Senior Lecturer, University of the Western Cape explains why Grasshoppers have a bad reputation. They’re not popular with gardeners – and locusts, a type of swarming grasshopper, can do huge damage to vegetation and crops when they’re in a feeding frenzy. But more often …