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Ear on Knee Insect

2/23/2003


name         David R.
status       other
age          40s

Question -   What insect has ears just below its knees on its front legs?
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A poem for kids by Aileen Fisher, neatly answers this question:

Did you ever see
a cricket's ears
stick out upon his head?
You certainly didn't
since they grow
below his knees instead.

J. Elliott
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