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Meet the world's heaviest insect, which weighs three times more than a mouse... and eats carrots
The Daily Mail ^ | December 1, 2011 | Jessica Satherley

Posted on 12/01/2011 10:54:16 AM PST by EveningStar

New Zealand's giant weta is the heaviest insect in the world and this one is the largest ever recorded.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Pets/Animals; Science
KEYWORDS: giantweta; insect; newzealand
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1 posted on 12/01/2011 10:54:23 AM PST by EveningStar
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To: Slings and Arrows

ping


2 posted on 12/01/2011 10:55:31 AM PST by EveningStar
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To: EveningStar

What happened to the other thread you started, did it get pulled for some reason??


3 posted on 12/01/2011 11:00:22 AM PST by eastforker (I'll pick Rick but I still root for Newt.)
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To: EveningStar

“Snatch the pebble from my hand Grasshopper.”


4 posted on 12/01/2011 11:00:39 AM PST by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped.)
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To: EveningStar

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/2814723/posts?page=1


5 posted on 12/01/2011 11:01:50 AM PST by eastforker (I'll pick Rick but I still root for Newt.)
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To: EveningStar

Looks like a huge grasshopper.


6 posted on 12/01/2011 11:05:23 AM PST by tob2 (Merry Christmas to all!)
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To: EveningStar

I didn’t know BFB was profanity and blasphamy is in the ear of the beholder.


7 posted on 12/01/2011 11:05:36 AM PST by eastforker (I'll pick Rick but I still root for Newt.)
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To: EveningStar

Ew. Sometimes you have to wonder what was going on in God’s mind.


8 posted on 12/01/2011 11:07:16 AM PST by ottbmare (off-the-track Thoroughbred mare)
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To: EveningStar

I would made darn sure it didn’t think my finger was a carrot. A normal size grasshopper can take a chunk out of you.


9 posted on 12/01/2011 11:09:43 AM PST by CrazyIvan (Obama's birth certificate was found stapled to Soros's receipt.)
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To: EveningStar

I remember reading somewhere about people eating chocolate covered grasshoppers. This one can be breaded, deep fried, and accompany an order of fries and slaw on the side.


10 posted on 12/01/2011 11:27:39 AM PST by NH Red
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To: NH Red

The nice thing about eating insects is that you don’t have to gut, skin or scale them.


11 posted on 12/01/2011 11:33:29 AM PST by Vigilanteman (Obama: Fake black man. Fake Messiah. Fake American. How many fakes can you fit in one Zer0?)
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To: EveningStar

I think I saw that thing in Men in Black.


12 posted on 12/01/2011 11:35:10 AM PST by OB1kNOb (The prudent see danger and take refuge, but the simple keep going and pay the penalty. - Prov 22:3)
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To: NH Red
This one can be breaded, deep fried, and accompany an order of fries and slaw on the side.


13 posted on 12/01/2011 11:36:33 AM PST by JRios1968 (I'm guttery and trashy, with a hint of lemon. - Laz)
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To: EveningStar

Gonna need more spray.

14 posted on 12/01/2011 11:40:46 AM PST by Libloather (The epitome of civility.)
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To: Vigilanteman

eeww yuk gross!!


15 posted on 12/01/2011 11:42:58 AM PST by patriot08 (TEXAS GAL- born and bred and proud of it!)
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To: patriot08

I was almost too afraid to click on the link.

Definitely gross. And I’m sure somebody somewhere eats it toasted and salted and will tell us about the experience...


16 posted on 12/01/2011 12:07:16 PM PST by livius
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To: eastforker

Oh no, not blaspheme!


17 posted on 12/01/2011 12:12:25 PM PST by Winstons Julia (Hello OWS? We don't need a revolution like China's; China needs a revolution like OURS.)
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To: Libloather
Gonna need more spray.

Like the line from Jaws, "We're going to need a bigger boat."

18 posted on 12/01/2011 12:36:52 PM PST by Moonman62 (The US has become a government with a country, rather than a country with a government.)
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To: Vigilanteman
The nice thing about eating insects is that you don’t have to gut, skin or scale them.

No, but if you don't chew them thoroughly, you can get shell stuck between your teeth.

19 posted on 12/01/2011 12:50:11 PM PST by Talisker (History will show the Illuminati won the ultimate Darwin Award.)
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To: EveningStar

bugs bunny takes on a new meaning


20 posted on 12/01/2011 1:10:05 PM PST by bravo whiskey (If the little things really bother you, maybe it's because the big things are going well.)
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