Crickets: the Fighting Heroes蛐蛐：戰斗的好手

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Do you keep crickets（蛐蛐） as pets？ A cricket is a kind of insects. 你有沒有在上學路上遇到過人挑著擔子賣裝在草編小簍中的蛐蛐呢？你是否擁有過一只寵物蛐蛐？蛐蛐是一種昆蟲。People also call it “土將軍” （General in mud） in Chinese.

Do you know？

1. How high can crickets jump？

A. 10 centimeters.? B. 20-50 centimeters.

C. more than 1 meter.

2. How many eyes do crickets have？

A. 1? B. 2? ? C. 5

A cricket is really small. It is only as long as your little finger. But it can jump 20 centimeters to 50 centimeters high.

Crickets have six legs：four small front legs and two powerful（強有力的） back legs. The back legs help them jump high.

They have compound eyes（復眼）， just like flies（蒼蠅）. Although they have five eyes， they can see poorly. How do they figure out surroundings（周圍情況） and directions（方向）？ By sharp（敏銳的） sense of hearing and touch.

Cricket fighting（斗蟋蟀） is a hobby of officials（達官顯貴，官員） in ancient times（古代）. They often put a bet（下賭注） to make the cricket fighting more interesting. When two male（雄性） crickets meet， the battle begins.

But farmers dont like them. Because crickets feed themselves with vegetables and leaves of plants， which is bad for the crops（農作物）. They like living in soil. They dont come out during the day but they come out at night. To make the matter worse， pesticides（殺蟲劑） play less roles（作用） on them.

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