{"id":1033713,"date":"2022-03-25T03:21:49","date_gmt":"2022-03-25T03:21:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/03\/25\/watch-rare-pink-grasshopper-found-in-east-texas\/"},"modified":"2022-03-25T03:21:49","modified_gmt":"2022-03-25T03:21:49","slug":"watch-rare-pink-grasshopper-found-in-east-texas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/03\/25\/watch-rare-pink-grasshopper-found-in-east-texas\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch: Rare pink grasshopper found in East Texas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Rare-pink-grasshopper-found-in-East-Texas.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t<iframe loading=\"lazy\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\" webkitallowfullscreen=\"\" mozallowfullscreen=\"\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen\" src=\"https:\/\/w3.mp.lura.live\/player\/prod\/v3\/anvload.html?key=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%3D%3D\" width=\"500\" height=\"300\"><\/iframe>\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"story_dl\">March 24 (UPI) &#8212;<\/span> A man ended up with an unusual pet when he made an unusual discovery among the Texas foliage &#8212; a pink grasshopper.<\/p>\n<p>Dirk Parker, 33, an Ohio man currently working in East Texas as an environmental inspector for pipelines, said he initially didn&#8217;t realize how rare his discovery was.\n<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Just thought it was a normal grasshopper that we didn&#8217;t have in Ohio,&#8221; Parker told WJW-TV. &#8220;So the first thing I thought of was [that would make great] fishing bait.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Parker snapped photos of the grasshopper and returned it to where he found it, and it wasn&#8217;t until later that he did a Google search for pink grasshoppers and discovered the insect has a rare condition called erythrism.<\/p>\n<p>Erythrism is caused by a recessive gene, and it is rare to find grasshoppers with the condition because the pink color makes them easy targets for predators.<\/p>\n<p>Parker said he returned to the same spot the next day to capture the grasshopper, which he named Pinky.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It took me about 10 minutes or so, but I found that grasshopper again,&#8221; Parker told KLTV.<\/p>\n<p>Parker said he is now keeping Pinky in a habitat as a pet.\n<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I wanted to share this with the world,&#8221; Parker said. &#8220;It&#8217;s so cool to get to show people.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>March 24 (UPI) &#8212; A man ended up with an unusual pet when he made an unusual discovery among the Texas foliage &#8212; a pink grasshopper. Dirk Parker, 33, an Ohio man currently working in East Texas as an environmental inspector for pipelines, said he initially didn&#8217;t realize how rare his discovery was. &#8220;Just thought [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1033714,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[212],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1033713","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-odd-but-true"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1033713","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1033713"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1033713\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1033713"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1033713"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1033713"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}