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Posted: 3/11/2015 1:42:02 AM EDT
[#1]
I read about that a few years ago, but it is a cool story |
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Posted: 3/11/2015 1:42:25 AM EDT
[#2]
That's not how good news works, that's not how any good news works.
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Posted: 3/11/2015 1:45:22 AM EDT
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That's not how good news works, that's not how any good news works. Really, man? You really want to live in world where freakishly giant six legged insects don't exist? |
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Posted: 3/11/2015 1:53:39 AM EDT
[#4]
also neat. |
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Posted: 3/11/2015 1:57:02 AM EDT
[#5]
Bug planet!
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Posted: 3/11/2015 2:02:42 AM EDT
[#6]
A. Kill it with fire
B. Nuke it from orbit C. Eject from the planet D. All of the above |
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Posted: 3/11/2015 2:07:04 AM EDT
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i know insects are tough and all, but it's almost a miracle that nothing killed the rest of the species off during those decades. I mean, one disease...or one thing that killed off the vegetation, or a more serious rock slide....or damn near anything else and these things would be extinct. Talk about will to survive!
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Posted: 3/11/2015 2:07:24 AM EDT
[#8]
Pretty cool. I wouldn't want them around my place, but pretty cool
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Posted: 3/11/2015 2:10:02 AM EDT
[#9]
What round and optic for giant bugs?
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Posted: 3/11/2015 2:11:09 AM EDT
[#10]
Id cook it and eat it. Bet it tastes like lobster.
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Posted: 3/11/2015 2:14:44 AM EDT
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i know insects are tough and all, but it's almost a miracle that nothing killed the rest of the species off during those decades. I mean, one disease...or one thing that killed off the vegetation, or a more serious rock slide....or damn near anything else and these things would be extinct. Talk about will to survive! This. Lots of luck involved as well. Can't imagine an entire species living and surviving off of one small group of bushes on a tiny island in the middle of nowhere for decades with no one knowing about them. Amazing |
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Posted: 3/11/2015 2:19:00 AM EDT
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Posted: 3/11/2015 2:26:43 AM EDT
[#13]
That's good news?
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Posted: 3/11/2015 2:26:46 AM EDT
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Id cook it and eat it. Bet it tastes like lobster. That was my first thought. I'll give poorman's lobster a shot. |
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Posted: 3/11/2015 2:37:15 AM EDT
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What round and optic for giant bugs? M855, of course. It's the only round that will pierce the exoskeleton. Posted Via AR15.Com Mobile |
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Posted: 3/11/2015 2:41:19 AM EDT
[#16]
oh man fuuuuuuuuuuuuck THAT
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Posted: 3/11/2015 2:47:22 AM EDT
[#17]
so the entire known population of this insect is going to be from 2 insects. One would hope for a bit more genetic diversity
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Posted: 3/11/2015 3:00:08 AM EDT
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so the entire known population of this insect is going to be from 2 insects. One would hope for a bit more genetic diversity Well, there are some more back on that little island... |
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Posted: 3/11/2015 3:01:15 AM EDT
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This is old news. They took a breeding pair. I was actually just thinking about these bugs the other day when I saw a gigantic moth in the laundry room. It was fucking huge and beefy (like hummingbird big). Made me think about how big these bugs must be first hand.
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Posted: 3/11/2015 3:16:58 AM EDT
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A. Kill it with fire B. Nuke it from orbit C. Eject from the planet D. All of the above All of the above for sure, but I will say this is a great story. I just dont want those in my backyard |
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Posted: 3/11/2015 3:21:42 AM EDT
[#21]
don't forget these guys
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Posted: 3/11/2015 3:38:32 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Well, there are some more back on that little island... Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: so the entire known population of this insect is going to be from 2 insects. One would hope for a bit more genetic diversity Well, there are some more back on that little island... |
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Posted: 3/11/2015 4:12:40 AM EDT
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Needs some Old Bay and butter
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Posted: 3/11/2015 4:33:18 AM EDT
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This is old news. They took a breeding pair. I was actually just thinking about these bugs the other day when I saw a gigantic moth in the laundry room. It was fucking huge and beefy (like hummingbird big). Made me think about how big these bugs must be first hand. So, when is it going to be another bug hunt? 
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Posted: 3/11/2015 4:35:23 AM EDT
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Posted: 3/11/2015 5:08:13 AM EDT
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Posted: 3/11/2015 5:12:54 AM EDT
[#27]
They must have never seen a flying hellgrammite
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Posted: 3/11/2015 5:15:14 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryThey ate a Dacia Sandero? 
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Posted: 3/11/2015 5:18:22 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: They ate a Dacia Sandero? Quote HistoryQuoted: They ate a Dacia Sandero? Someone had to... |
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Posted: 3/11/2015 5:32:36 AM EDT
[#30]
Another bug hunt...
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Posted: 3/11/2015 5:48:33 AM EDT
[#31]
Would smash.
Literally. |
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Posted: 3/11/2015 5:49:46 AM EDT
[#32]
That is one hell of an island.
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Posted: 3/11/2015 5:51:29 AM EDT
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Posted: 3/11/2015 5:52:13 AM EDT
[#34]
that aint good news
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Posted: 3/11/2015 5:55:31 AM EDT
[#35]
Quote HistoryHe is plotting with the bugs to destroy us. You can never trust a man with eyebrows like that. |
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Posted: 3/11/2015 6:00:14 AM EDT
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Pretty interesting story.
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Posted: 3/11/2015 6:16:34 AM EDT
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Feed everyone last one of those to camel spiders. |
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Posted: 3/11/2015 7:02:09 AM EDT
[#38]
Thanks for the nightmares.
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Posted: 3/11/2015 7:11:08 AM EDT
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That's good news? If you are an ecologist, it's pretty damn cool. |
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Posted: 3/11/2015 7:11:20 AM EDT
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Posted: 3/11/2015 7:15:11 AM EDT
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 I shall name the one on the left "Buttons" and the one on the right "Death Eater". |
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Posted: 3/11/2015 7:18:40 AM EDT
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Fuck. That.
Kill ever last one of them! |
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Posted: 3/11/2015 7:19:31 AM EDT
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Posted: 3/11/2015 7:22:46 AM EDT
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He is plotting with the bugs to destroy us. You can never trust a man with eyebrows like that. Quote HistoryQuoted:
He is plotting with the bugs to destroy us. You can never trust a man with eyebrows like that. FIFY |
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Posted: 3/11/2015 7:33:49 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryNo, no, no... you got it all wrong. They have a breed program going. Which means there is a Queen Bug.    |
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Posted: 3/11/2015 7:36:15 AM EDT
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Shit, we have bigger bugs than that down here in va...
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Posted: 3/11/2015 7:53:14 AM EDT
[#47]
I, for one, welcome our new insect overlords!
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Posted: 3/11/2015 8:02:06 AM EDT
[#48]
No thanks. And from an above post, nuke it from orbit
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Posted: 3/11/2015 9:01:03 AM EDT
[#49]
Very cool.
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Posted: 3/11/2015 9:13:27 AM EDT
[#50]
That was a great article.
I had to fast forward through the hatching. It was almost physically painful to watch the struggle to free itself. |
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