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World's 'Rarest Insect' Makes Stunning Comeback After Near-Extinction
Science Alert ^ | 14 January 2024 | TESSA KOUMOUNDOUROS

Posted on 01/13/2024 5:37:24 PM PST by Red Badger

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1 posted on 01/13/2024 5:37:24 PM PST by Red Badger
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There is an estimated 30-300 times the mass of humans of just termites.
One insect…


2 posted on 01/13/2024 5:41:27 PM PST by EEGator
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How long until they are bred as food for humans?


3 posted on 01/13/2024 5:44:15 PM PST by monkeyshine (live and let live is dead)
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The San Diego zoo has some? Cool. Can someone sneak a few out and scatter them in the path of the California high speed rail boondoggle?


4 posted on 01/13/2024 5:44:27 PM PST by sphinx
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Somebody send them a can of Raid


5 posted on 01/13/2024 5:45:36 PM PST by NWFree (Sigma male 🤪)
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Wait a minute. I’ve seen similar looking insects in the woods hunting in the south. Same looking cricket head and long body. Hmm!


6 posted on 01/13/2024 5:46:22 PM PST by Macho MAGA Man (The last two weren't balloons. One was a cylindrical objects Trump is being given the Alex Jones tr)
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7 posted on 01/13/2024 5:46:53 PM PST by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: monkeyshine

Tastes like chicken?...................


8 posted on 01/13/2024 5:47:41 PM PST by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: monkeyshine

Tree lobster?!

Bring the drawn butter and the nutcracker!


9 posted on 01/13/2024 5:50:01 PM PST by Alas Babylon! (Repeal the Patriot Act; Abolish the DHS; reform FBI top to bottom!)
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I will not eat ze bugs…


10 posted on 01/13/2024 5:54:19 PM PST by EEGator
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11 posted on 01/13/2024 5:54:44 PM PST by Ezekiel (🆘️ "Come fly with US". Ingenuity -- because the Son of David begins with Mars ♂️, aka every man)
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I can understand why the bug was almost extinct. If I saw a bug that ugly, I’d want to squash it.


12 posted on 01/13/2024 5:57:56 PM PST by EvilCapitalist (81 million votes my ass.)
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Zen ze bugs vill eat you!....................


13 posted on 01/13/2024 5:59:50 PM PST by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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Totally harmless................Would make a nice pet in a terrarium............


14 posted on 01/13/2024 6:00:49 PM PST by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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So, with the low population, will the get inbred, and be mentally deficient?


15 posted on 01/13/2024 6:12:16 PM PST by Scrambler Bob
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They are bugs not Democrats...............


16 posted on 01/13/2024 6:13:52 PM PST by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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Lol!


17 posted on 01/13/2024 6:20:45 PM PST by EvilCapitalist (81 million votes my ass.)
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18 posted on 01/13/2024 6:43:05 PM PST by Candor7 (Ask not for whom Trump Trolls,He trolls for thee!),<img src="" width=500</img><a href="">tag</a>)
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Imagine waking up with THAT nightmare crawling on your face…


19 posted on 01/13/2024 6:46:04 PM PST by NFHale (The Second Amendment - By Any Means Necessary.)
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To: monkeyshine

They will be mixed into our Soylent green diets.


20 posted on 01/13/2024 6:49:37 PM PST by alstewartfan ("She looks like she's 19 years old, sitting there , a lady with her legs crossed." Creepy Joe)
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