How do the caterpillars get into Mexican jumping beans?
[2009-06-13 19:39:36]

Q: i heard that mexican jumping beans move from the caterpillars traped inside, how did they get there and how do they survive?

A: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexican_jum ping_bean

Other - Mexico »

Why do all mexicans eat mexican jumping beans and not other beans?
[2009-11-29 16:35:16]
Mighty Beanz

I saw in movie i heard mexicans only eat jumping beans which magically jump!! Why they eat them they soo cool when they move by themself!!!


its not common at all, that i know of, in fact its never done. Unless you want to follow some wierd old mexican custom, that i've personally never heard of. If you go to a large grocery store, say like Commercial Mexicana or even a regular small town

Bean's Quest

I’ve always had strong reservations about smart phone gaming. Not because I believe gaming isn’t suited to the platform. Quite the contrary, I adore the enhancements touch controls can bring to traditional input devices. No, the issue is the manner in which so many developers adopt touch controls. That is to say, they do so recklessly. Many developers deem it sufficient to take an existing gameplay formula, popular on other platforms using other control peripherals, and attempt to squeeze and skew the design to suit a touch control interface. More often than not, this philosophy results in awful analogue stick andВ buttonВ emulation on a touch surface that has no real buttons of it’s own, and thus no tactile feedback.

Other - Science »

How do Mexican jumping beans work?
[2006-09-20 14:13:03]
Mexican Jumping Beans

I have read that it has to do with larva, but my jumping beans are several years old and jump when put under a light. However, they only jump when the clear plastic case around them is closed. So how do these beans jump?
I already know the general


This question has been asked at least 10 times in the past month. Just do a search on those answers... some of them were really good.

Other - Pets »

dose putting Mexican jumping beans in the refrigerator make them live longer?
[2006-10-02 18:25:26]
MexikГіi ugrГіbab

my friend's son bought some mexican jumping beans and some one told him to put them in the refrigerator to keep them alive much longer then the normal life span is this true and how long will they live?


Not really sure except it might kill them because the "jumping" is caused by a worm in the bean and the cold might just kill them because they come from a hot climate.......

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