What makes jumping beans jump?!
It is actually a small, thin-shelled section of a seed capsule containing the larva of a small gray moth called the jumping bean moth (Laspeyresia saltitans). After consuming the seed within the capsule section, the robust, yellowish-white larva has the peculiar habit of throwing itself forcibly from one wall to the other, thereby causing the jumping movements of the capsule.
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It is actually a small, thin-shelled section of a seed capsule containing the larva of a small gray moth called the jumping bean moth (Laspeyresia saltitans). After consuming the seed within the capsule section, the robust, yellowish-white larva has the peculiar habit of throwing itself forcibly from one wall to the other, thereby causing the jumping movements of the capsule.
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tiny little trampolines
Sometimes there are little tiny worms or larve that are inside them, eatting the beans. So when you put them on your hand, they appear to jump, but reality its just the larve moving around inside them.
the natural ones have a grub in side .the plastic one`s sold as a novelty have a ball bearing inside