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Grant (SSSF) Send message Joined: 19 Aug 99 Posts: 13770 Credit: 208,696,464 RAC: 304 |
Introducing the first millipede with more than 1,000 legs Ladies and gentlemen, introducing a creature that could empty the wardrobe of Imelda Marcos, our new king of limbs, the princess of poda, boasting 1,306 spectacular stilts, the "true thousand foot" Eumillipes persephone. Some of the 1,306 legs that E. persephone boasts. (Supplied: Paul Marek et al) Grant Darwin NT |
betreger Send message Joined: 29 Jun 99 Posts: 11366 Credit: 29,581,041 RAC: 66 |
Fossil discovery unfortunately alerts us to 8-feet long millipedes https://www.avclub.com/fossil-discovery-unfortunately-alerts-us-to-8-feet-long-1848253972 |
Suzie-Q Send message Joined: 9 Mar 07 Posts: 3332 Credit: 4,746,812 RAC: 1 |
Although I have nothing to post, I'm posting because I don't want this thread to die. I did recently read that the decline in number of insects will cause the cost of food to go up. Way up. That sucks because I can barely afford the healthy stuff as it is. ~Sue~ |
Suzie-Q Send message Joined: 9 Mar 07 Posts: 3332 Credit: 4,746,812 RAC: 1 |
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Suzie-Q Send message Joined: 9 Mar 07 Posts: 3332 Credit: 4,746,812 RAC: 1 |
The Surprisingly Sophisticated Mind Of An Insect "Insects appear to be more intelligent and emotionally complex than we give them credit for. Perhaps, new research suggests, they are even conscious." ~Sue~ |
Wiggo Send message Joined: 24 Jan 00 Posts: 35168 Credit: 261,360,520 RAC: 489 |
How about human made bugs? A tiny crabby robot gets its scuttling orders from lasers. A new army of micro-robots just burst into the scene. One of the stand-out forms is a peekytoe crab-shaped figure (with pincers) that’s less than 1 millimeter across....Cheers. |
Grant (SSSF) Send message Joined: 19 Aug 99 Posts: 13770 Credit: 208,696,464 RAC: 304 |
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Admiral Gloval Send message Joined: 31 Mar 13 Posts: 20512 Credit: 5,308,449 RAC: 0 |
The glasses are real. They were made using a laser. |
Suzie-Q Send message Joined: 9 Mar 07 Posts: 3332 Credit: 4,746,812 RAC: 1 |
I'd like to meet his optometrist. The glasses are real. They were made using a laser. ~Sue~ |
Wiggo Send message Joined: 24 Jan 00 Posts: 35168 Credit: 261,360,520 RAC: 489 |
Want some honey? 6,000 bees removed from inside wall of Omaha couple's home. About 6,000 bees were recently removed from inside the walls of an Omaha couple's 100-year-old home.They were ripped off though by the $600 charge to remove them by the bee club as the bees would be worth more than that and are removed for free here (unless that included the repairs to the wall also). Cheers. |
Suzie-Q Send message Joined: 9 Mar 07 Posts: 3332 Credit: 4,746,812 RAC: 1 |
A tip for those that live in areas with Green Ants. Green Ants live in trees, and when all the trees get flattened, they get very, very upset. Ant bites are the worst! My first exposure to fire ants was shortly after I bought my house in central Texas. The gas people had dug up a portion of my front yard, so I went out with the hose trying to flatten the dirt they dug up. I was standing there in my flip-flops, casually watering the mud when, all of a sudden I felt a burning feeling on my left foot, from the ankle down. I looked down and my food was covered with fire ants. They had managed to cover my foot without my feeling anything until the one in charge announced, "Start biting!" (LOL!) Fortunately I had the hose and used the running water to flush them off of my foot. Then next day my foot was about double its normal size. I have noticed that everyone calls their resident ants something different. The fire ants that covered my foot that day were tiny, dark gray ants. But when you ask, most people will describe fire ants as a larger, red ant. I called them something quite different that day!! ~Sue~ |
Wiggo Send message Joined: 24 Jan 00 Posts: 35168 Credit: 261,360,520 RAC: 489 |
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ML1 Send message Joined: 25 Nov 01 Posts: 20494 Credit: 7,508,002 RAC: 20 |
Wow! That's a beauty!! Keep the pesticides well away from that one... Enjoy! Martin See new freedom: Mageia Linux Take a look for yourself: Linux Format The Future is what We all make IT (GPLv3) |
Wiggo Send message Joined: 24 Jan 00 Posts: 35168 Credit: 261,360,520 RAC: 489 |
Once thought 'Extinct' wood-feeding cockroach rediscovered on Lord Howe Island and scientists may breed more of them up. Cheers. |
Wiggo Send message Joined: 24 Jan 00 Posts: 35168 Credit: 261,360,520 RAC: 489 |
This gives new meaning to the "B" in BMW. Uncommon sight on boot of BMW. No one was reportedly stung during the incident, but the whereabouts of the offenders are yet to bee found. Cheers. |
Dr Who Fan Send message Joined: 8 Jan 01 Posts: 3250 Credit: 715,342 RAC: 4 |
This gives new meaning to the "B" in BMW. Here's what you are seeing... The Queen Bee had ditched her old hive and at one point stopped on back of BMW to rest most likely when it was stationary. The rest of the worker bee swarm just followed her scent trail on her free trip across the city in search of a new place to make another colony/hive. |
Suzie-Q Send message Joined: 9 Mar 07 Posts: 3332 Credit: 4,746,812 RAC: 1 |
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Grant (SSSF) Send message Joined: 19 Aug 99 Posts: 13770 Credit: 208,696,464 RAC: 304 |
We'll add crabs to the list. It's crab time at Christmas Island again. This year's Christmas Island red crab migration is expected to see 65 million of the critters trek from tropical rainforests to the sandy coast, according to Parks Australia. Red crabs during a previous migration, captured using multi exposure photography.(Supplied: Chris Bray/ Swell Lodge) Grant Darwin NT |
Wiggo Send message Joined: 24 Jan 00 Posts: 35168 Credit: 261,360,520 RAC: 489 |
1 of the insect world's greatest recyclers and how it's coping in a changing world. Mother dung beetles are digging deeper nests to escape climate change. Amazing little things. Cheers. |
Suzie-Q Send message Joined: 9 Mar 07 Posts: 3332 Credit: 4,746,812 RAC: 1 |
I think I'm going to ask admin peeps to lock this thread. Post all future B, I, and S stuff in the Critter Thread. (I don't know if this will work: https://setiathome.berkeley.edu/forum_thread.php?id=85586) Okay? Okay. Oh, admin peeps, please lock this thread. :-) ~Sue~ |
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