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A two-inch-long ant that once roamed Wyoming rivals
today's hummingbirds in size. CREDIT: Bruce Archibald

2 posted on 05/03/2011 9:42:31 PM PDT by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi ... Godspeed .. Monthly Donor Onboard .. Obama: Epic Fail or Bust!!!)
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To: NormsRevenge

That hummingbird looks like he’s pining for the fjords.


6 posted on 05/03/2011 9:51:46 PM PDT by BradyLS (DO NOT FEED THE BEARS!)
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To: NormsRevenge

A benign but foul-looking bug that fills the niche of mice in New Zealand is the Weta. Those things can get up to 8” in length. Giant ants got nuthin’ on ‘em!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weta


13 posted on 05/03/2011 10:00:09 PM PDT by BradyLS (DO NOT FEED THE BEARS!)
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To: NormsRevenge; stormer
Not a problem. Leningen's on his way to see to it...


53 posted on 05/04/2011 8:46:33 AM PDT by abb ("What ISN'T in the news is often more important than what IS." Ed Biersmith, 1942 -)
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