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Rare spider puts halt to pipeline project
upi ^ | Feb. 26, 2013

Posted on 02/27/2013 9:41:56 AM PST by JoeProBono

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1 posted on 02/27/2013 9:42:00 AM PST by JoeProBono
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2 posted on 02/27/2013 9:43:34 AM PST by SWAMPSNIPER (The Second Amendment, a Matter of Fact, Not a Matter of Opinion)
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seems to me it is not as rare as they think!


3 posted on 02/27/2013 9:46:04 AM PST by huldah1776
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just because no one has ever seen one before, doesn’t make it rare... or endangered. the world is a very big place, and this proves its vastness. keep the spider alive in a jar until after construction, and then release it back, i am sure it will be ok.

sheesh.

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4 posted on 02/27/2013 9:47:30 AM PST by teeman8r (Armageddon won't be pretty, but it's not like it's the end of the world.)
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5 posted on 02/27/2013 9:48:10 AM PST by JoeProBono (A closed mouth gathers no feet - Mater tua caligas exercitus gerit ;-{)
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i guess the sign could’ve been worse... leaving off the l instead of the b

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6 posted on 02/27/2013 9:48:49 AM PST by teeman8r (Armageddon won't be pretty, but it's not like it's the end of the world.)
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Can folks escape the death penalty by claiming to be an endangered species since their DNA is unique?


7 posted on 02/27/2013 9:51:22 AM PST by fruser1
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S S S

Squish, shovel, and shut up


8 posted on 02/27/2013 9:51:44 AM PST by Squidpup ("Fight the Good Fight of Faith")
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Sort of reminds me of the endangered owl who was later discovered nesting inside the “a” at the local Wal-Mart . . . even though there were plenty of trees nearby which could not be used because they were supposedly the only places where the owl would nest.


9 posted on 02/27/2013 9:51:53 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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Using eminent domain to seize private property = good. Using a bulldozer to disturb a rare spider nest = bad


10 posted on 02/27/2013 9:52:01 AM PST by GSWarrior (Do you think Jack White and Jack Black get along?)
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OMG! The crap just goes on and on and on and on...........


11 posted on 02/27/2013 9:54:24 AM PST by The Mayor ("If you can't make them see the light, let them feel the heat" — Ronald Reagan)
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SAWS spokeswoman Anne Hayden said the spider, which also caused construction at Loop 1604 and Texas 151 to be halted, has left the future of the water pipeline uncertain.

Braken Cave is about 20 miles away from that intersection. If that spider is so endangered, how does it manage to have populations so far apart?

The Texas Hill Country is riddled with caves, most of which are unknown until construction stumbles upon them (that's how they found Inner Space cave up in Georgetown, for just one well-known example). So-called endangered cave species probably are quite plentiful in those undiscovered caves. But they make for a handy method for enviro-nuts to hold up development.

12 posted on 02/27/2013 9:54:40 AM PST by dirtboy
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If I ever encountered an endangered spider while building something like this I would simply kill the spiders as quickly as possible. The environmental and endangered species laws have become so unreasonable that I bet that is what a lot of people do. More species are probably being killed off because people don’t want to deal with the government halting their projects for years on end. If the government were reasonable, I think most people would like to go out of their way to protect things like this.


13 posted on 02/27/2013 9:58:10 AM PST by Longbow1969
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It's just the usual attempts of the US leftists (America's 'enemy within') to halt production, exert their power and to penalize states that don't bow down to their leftist agenda. Any time the federal government has the power to do that....since they can declare 'anything' an ""endangered species"".... it's just a short step away from real tyranny. And I hate to point this out (the rather obvious)....but with the Obama regime in power....we are already "there".
14 posted on 02/27/2013 9:59:38 AM PST by XenaLee (The only good commie is a dead commie.)
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Dam, how did I do that?


15 posted on 02/27/2013 10:00:17 AM PST by SWAMPSNIPER (The Second Amendment, a Matter of Fact, Not a Matter of Opinion)
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I call it squash with my foot. End of problem.


16 posted on 02/27/2013 10:00:45 AM PST by o_zarkman44 ("When injustice becomes law, resistance becomes duty." Thomas Jefferson)
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That stupid spider is everywhere around here and costantly putting stops/ delays to projects which then cost thousands to get permits and research.
Projects all over the place.
That thing stops highways, bridges, malls, housing. Ridiculous.
Time to reclassify that critter and just step on him next time.


17 posted on 02/27/2013 10:02:21 AM PST by sunny48
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When will these contractors learn to just run them over with the bulldozer, not tell a soul, and continue on?!?


18 posted on 02/27/2013 10:03:06 AM PST by apillar
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halted due to the discovery of the same spider that halted a highway project.

Somebody should have stepped on it when they first had the chance........

19 posted on 02/27/2013 10:04:44 AM PST by Hot Tabasco (God bless you Tommy and thank you for your service: http://swiftboats.org/tribute/tribute.html)
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20 posted on 02/27/2013 10:06:06 AM PST by SWAMPSNIPER (The Second Amendment, a Matter of Fact, Not a Matter of Opinion)
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