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Kadie
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Fri Dec-02-11 11:45 AM Original message |
The World’s Biggest Insect Is So Freaking Huge It Can Eat a Carrot - w/pic |
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backscatter712
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Fri Dec-02-11 11:46 AM Response to Original message |
1. I for one welcome our new insect overlords... n/t |
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patrice
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Fri Dec-02-11 12:06 PM Response to Reply #1 |
25. Cthulu's minions. nt |
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The Straight Story
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Fri Dec-02-11 11:46 AM Response to Original message |
2. They are filming the Hobbit in NZ, some might hitch a ride back here... |
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HopeHoops
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Fri Dec-02-11 11:47 AM Response to Original message |
3. Are they any good deep fried on a stick? |
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Fri Dec-02-11 11:53 AM Response to Reply #3 |
14. tastes like Chicken |
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HopeHoops
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Fri Dec-02-11 11:55 AM Response to Reply #14 |
17. Not good enough. Rednecks eat fried butter. Fried monster cricket would go over better. |
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xchrom
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Fri Dec-02-11 11:48 AM Response to Original message |
4. i think i dated him some years back. nt |
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Lance_Boyle
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Fri Dec-02-11 11:50 AM Response to Reply #4 |
11. *heterosnarf* |
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Kadie
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Fri Dec-02-11 12:27 PM Response to Reply #4 |
46. LOL |
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ingac70
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Fri Dec-02-11 11:48 AM Response to Original message |
5. I want a giant grasshopper! |
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Aerows
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Fri Dec-02-11 02:12 PM Response to Reply #5 |
76. I caught grasshoppers in florida |
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RebelOne
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Fri Dec-02-11 03:40 PM Response to Reply #76 |
97. I lived in Florida most of my life, |
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geardaddy
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Fri Dec-02-11 11:49 AM Response to Original message |
6. Awesome. |
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jpak
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Fri Dec-02-11 11:49 AM Response to Original message |
7. The regular-sized weta are hugh - and nocturnal |
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RZM
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Fri Dec-02-11 11:49 AM Response to Original message |
8. You think that's scary . . . how about this? |
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Poll_Blind
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Fri Dec-02-11 11:58 AM Response to Reply #8 |
19. Oh man that would be a nightmare to defend one's self against.... |
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petronius
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Fri Dec-02-11 12:28 PM Response to Reply #19 |
47. What movie is that from? |
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pipi_k
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Fri Dec-02-11 01:40 PM Response to Reply #47 |
62. One of my favorite scenes |
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Fawke Em
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Fri Dec-02-11 02:06 PM Response to Reply #62 |
72. My 4 year old loves this movie. |
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pipi_k
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Fri Dec-02-11 03:15 PM Response to Reply #72 |
95. Hah, the scene where they invent music... |
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Poll_Blind
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Fri Dec-02-11 04:11 PM Response to Reply #47 |
99. I think it's from one of the "Walking with Monsters/Dinosaurs" series. |
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Kadie
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Fri Dec-02-11 12:27 PM Response to Reply #8 |
45. Wow. Those are huge! n/t |
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hifiguy
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Fri Dec-02-11 01:14 PM Response to Reply #8 |
58. That is good to know/. |
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L. Coyote
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Sat Dec-03-11 10:14 AM Response to Reply #8 |
115. big bug |
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Solly Mack
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Fri Dec-02-11 11:50 AM Response to Original message |
9. Awww |
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WillParkinson
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Fri Dec-02-11 11:50 AM Response to Original message |
10. MUCH cuter than a bunny... |
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Mosby
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Fri Dec-02-11 11:50 AM Response to Original message |
12. i wonder what it tastes like? |
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tridim
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Fri Dec-02-11 11:52 AM Response to Original message |
13. There is at least one person in my household that would salivate seeing that picture. |
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Fumesucker
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Fri Dec-02-11 11:53 AM Response to Original message |
15. That thing is pretty neat but for sheer creepiness coconut crabs are teh awesome.. |
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Aerows
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Fri Dec-02-11 11:57 AM Response to Reply #15 |
18. Okay between that and the first picture |
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Marr
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Fri Dec-02-11 12:04 PM Response to Reply #15 |
23. Ha! I should've looked at your post before I posted. |
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Kadie
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Fri Dec-02-11 12:26 PM Response to Reply #15 |
44. That is creepy! |
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Huey P. Long
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Fri Dec-02-11 12:29 PM Response to Reply #15 |
48. Mmmmm, throw that in a pot of boiling water with a few bags of Zatarain's, lemon, onion, |
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pinboy3niner
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Fri Dec-02-11 12:49 PM Response to Reply #48 |
54. We're gonna need a bigger pot |
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Huey P. Long
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Fri Dec-02-11 01:13 PM Response to Reply #54 |
57. You northerners. This is what I'm talkin' bout- |
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Aerows
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Fri Dec-02-11 02:01 PM Response to Reply #57 |
69. We throw crawfish in the pot down here |
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Aerows
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Fri Dec-02-11 02:17 PM Response to Reply #57 |
77. Cher, I'd eat that in a heartbeat |
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Fri Dec-02-11 01:37 PM Response to Reply #15 |
61. WTF? Where was that picture taken? |
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Aerows
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Fri Dec-02-11 02:20 PM Response to Reply #61 |
80. No kidding! n/t |
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WillParkinson
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Fri Dec-02-11 03:05 PM Response to Reply #15 |
92. OK, that is one of the coolest things I've ever seen! |
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Poll_Blind
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Fri Dec-02-11 11:54 AM Response to Original message |
16. Apparently they're badasses, too. They fight like a praying mantis does, which is... |
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BlancheSplanchnik
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Fri Dec-02-11 12:11 PM Response to Reply #16 |
30. Oh reeeeeally? Hmmmmm....... can we plan a sports/political event? |
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OneTenthofOnePercent
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Fri Dec-02-11 02:32 PM Response to Reply #16 |
87. More accurately, Praying Mantises and Giant Wetas fight like Mike Tysons... |
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Puzzledtraveller
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Fri Dec-02-11 12:00 PM Response to Original message |
20. these things annoyed the heck out of me in Metroid. |
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Marr
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Fri Dec-02-11 12:00 PM Response to Original message |
21. I still think these are way more gross: |
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patrice
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Fri Dec-02-11 12:08 PM Response to Reply #21 |
26. What does it eat besides coconuts? Awesome food, btw, coconuts, that is. nt |
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ingac70
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Fri Dec-02-11 12:18 PM Response to Reply #26 |
39. garbage, carrion, small animals..... |
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Kadie
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Fri Dec-02-11 12:25 PM Response to Reply #21 |
43. ick! n/t |
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gratuitous
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Fri Dec-02-11 12:01 PM Response to Original message |
22. Oh - the Giant Weta; my first thought was "and it can get married three times" |
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lumberjack_jeff
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Fri Dec-02-11 12:04 PM Response to Reply #22 |
24. But does it have a Tiffany's credit line? n/t |
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patrice
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Fri Dec-02-11 12:14 PM Response to Reply #24 |
35. Nope, but the application is in the works, 'cause Repubs want it to qualify as a candidate. nt |
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SidDithers
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Fri Dec-02-11 12:08 PM Response to Original message |
27. Welcome to Klendathu... |
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patrice
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Fri Dec-02-11 12:22 PM Response to Reply #27 |
40. Should have guessed you are "Heinleinian" and STs is a mixed though worthy film/laugh. nt |
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patrice
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Fri Dec-02-11 12:09 PM Response to Original message |
28. What does it eat besides carrots? nt |
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Marr
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Fri Dec-02-11 12:33 PM Response to Reply #28 |
50. Hands. |
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Kadie
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Fri Dec-02-11 12:35 PM Response to Reply #50 |
53. ROFL! |
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Aerows
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Fri Dec-02-11 02:37 PM Response to Reply #50 |
89. "That's a well-developed mandible you've got there, missy" n/t |
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soleft
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Fri Dec-02-11 12:10 PM Response to Original message |
29. So spiders aren't considered insects then I take it. |
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backscatter712
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Fri Dec-02-11 12:13 PM Response to Reply #29 |
33. Nope. They're arachnids. Different evolutionary branch than insects. n/t |
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soleft
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Fri Dec-02-11 01:34 PM Response to Reply #33 |
60. and arachnid is different than Arthropod? Holy M of G! |
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Rex
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Fri Dec-02-11 12:16 PM Response to Reply #29 |
36. Actually they are not. |
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Kadie
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Fri Dec-02-11 12:23 PM Response to Reply #29 |
41. Yikes! |
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tblue37
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Fri Dec-02-11 06:48 PM Response to Reply #29 |
106. Spiders have 8 legs, insects have six. Besides belonging to |
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Arugula Latte
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Fri Dec-02-11 06:53 PM Response to Reply #29 |
107. You know what? Screw it. I'm becoming a Freeper. Why? So I can say: |
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JoePhilly
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Fri Dec-02-11 12:13 PM Response to Original message |
31. I expected a picture of Newt Gingrich |
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smirkymonkey
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Fri Dec-02-11 02:29 PM Response to Reply #31 |
86. That WAS a picture of Newt Gingrich. |
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lonestarnot
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Fri Dec-02-11 11:22 PM Response to Reply #86 |
112. Head not big enough. |
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Rex
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Fri Dec-02-11 12:13 PM Response to Original message |
32. What the hell!?!?! Don't help it! Great, I guess I should welcome |
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Viking12
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Fri Dec-02-11 12:14 PM Response to Original message |
34. Well, this cockroach can eat a corndog... |
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patrice
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Fri Dec-02-11 12:16 PM Response to Reply #34 |
38. LLLOOOLLLLLLLL!! |
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Rex
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Fri Dec-02-11 12:34 PM Response to Reply #34 |
51. Wow, didn't know roaches were getting that large! |
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rppper
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Sat Dec-03-11 12:05 AM Response to Reply #34 |
113. that picture is disturbing on many levels..... |
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90-percent
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Fri Dec-02-11 12:16 PM Response to Original message |
37. Big Bugs |
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Kadie
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Fri Dec-02-11 12:25 PM Response to Reply #37 |
42. I loved watching those old sci-fi films. |
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90-percent
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Fri Dec-02-11 12:29 PM Response to Reply #42 |
49. OLD SCI FI |
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Kadie
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Fri Dec-02-11 12:34 PM Response to Reply #49 |
52. Forgot all about that show. |
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formercia
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Fri Dec-02-11 12:56 PM Response to Reply #37 |
55. Camel Spider Web Site: |
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formercia
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Fri Dec-02-11 12:58 PM Response to Original message |
56. I know where a huge Largemouth Bass lives. |
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bikebloke
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Fri Dec-02-11 01:16 PM Response to Original message |
59. Peter Jackson's studio is named after that bug. |
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Blue_Tires
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Fri Dec-02-11 01:41 PM Response to Original message |
63. kill it with fire |
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T S Justly
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Fri Dec-02-11 01:43 PM Response to Original message |
64. whoa! watch your fingers! (nt) |
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Contrary1
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Fri Dec-02-11 01:54 PM Response to Original message |
65. What in the world is this? |
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Kadie
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Fri Dec-02-11 01:58 PM Response to Reply #65 |
67. Could it be this... |
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Contrary1
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Fri Dec-02-11 02:02 PM Response to Reply #67 |
70. Don't think it's the same cuddly critter... |
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Kadie
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Fri Dec-02-11 02:06 PM Response to Reply #70 |
71. Ah... I thought you were looking at the critter that is in its mouth... how about this... |
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geomon666
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Fri Dec-02-11 02:11 PM Response to Reply #67 |
75. I didn't even know fish had tongues. |
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Aerows
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Fri Dec-02-11 02:19 PM Response to Reply #75 |
79. Mouth-Breeders |
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Aerows
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Fri Dec-02-11 02:18 PM Response to Reply #65 |
78. Aliens |
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Aerows
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Fri Dec-02-11 01:58 PM Response to Original message |
66. I'm creeped out. I admit it |
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Kadie
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Fri Dec-02-11 01:59 PM Response to Reply #66 |
68. Be careful of clicking on other posts in this thread. |
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Tierra_y_Libertad
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Fri Dec-02-11 02:10 PM Response to Original message |
73. All that's missing is the leash and muzzle. |
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Aerows
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Fri Dec-02-11 02:11 PM Response to Reply #73 |
74. LMFAO |
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Tierra_y_Libertad
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Fri Dec-02-11 02:21 PM Response to Reply #74 |
82. Think of the vet bills. "Fluffy broke four of his legs." |
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Aerows
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Fri Dec-02-11 02:23 PM Response to Reply #82 |
84. LMFAO - I nearly fell out of my chair laughing! |
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Contrary1
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Fri Dec-02-11 02:36 PM Response to Reply #82 |
88. My son had a pet tarantula he named "Fluffy". |
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Aerows
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Fri Dec-02-11 02:39 PM Response to Reply #88 |
90. Did you have to take Fluffy in for broken legs yet? |
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Contrary1
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Fri Dec-02-11 02:52 PM Response to Reply #90 |
91. Nah, no broken legs... |
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Aerows
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Fri Dec-02-11 03:36 PM Response to Reply #91 |
96. "web in the sky" |
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Nuclear Unicorn
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Fri Dec-02-11 02:21 PM Response to Original message |
81. Ew! *hits thread with shoe* n/t |
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Aerows
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Fri Dec-02-11 02:22 PM Response to Reply #81 |
83. Better be a size 20 |
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Fire Walk With Me
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Fri Dec-02-11 02:25 PM Response to Original message |
85. I adore crickets so this doesn't bother me much. |
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Liberal_in_LA
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Fri Dec-02-11 03:10 PM Response to Original message |
93. ewww. some let it sit on their hand |
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davekriss
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Fri Dec-02-11 03:14 PM Response to Original message |
94. Did Gingrich shed his outer skin again? |
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TheManInTheMac
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Fri Dec-02-11 04:00 PM Response to Original message |
98. Imagine one of those hitting your windshield. |
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OneTenthofOnePercent
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Fri Dec-02-11 04:25 PM Response to Reply #98 |
100. Ever have a bird hit your window shield? I imagine it's kind of like that... |
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TheManInTheMac
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Fri Dec-02-11 05:17 PM Response to Reply #100 |
101. Actually, just once--a crow. |
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The Velveteen Ocelot
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Fri Dec-02-11 05:22 PM Response to Original message |
102. That's just wrong. |
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OswegoAtheist
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Fri Dec-02-11 05:37 PM Response to Original message |
103. CUTE! |
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derby378
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Fri Dec-02-11 06:34 PM Response to Original message |
104. Now, if YOU were a sentient giant grasshopper... |
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nc4bo
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Fri Dec-02-11 06:44 PM Response to Original message |
105. Oh MY |
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hulka38
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Fri Dec-02-11 06:56 PM Response to Original message |
108. I've seen bigger. eom |
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muriel_volestrangler
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Fri Dec-02-11 09:34 PM Response to Original message |
109. Nothing looks as cool as a gigantic woodlouse |
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Obamanaut
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Fri Dec-02-11 09:57 PM Response to Original message |
110. . nt |
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lonestarnot
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Fri Dec-02-11 11:18 PM Response to Original message |
111. Send in the entomophagists RIGHT FUCKING NOW!111 Series111 |
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Quantess
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Sat Dec-03-11 09:58 AM Response to Original message |
114. Amazing! |
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