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Thousands of marauding caterpillars trap car in silky web
Daily Mail (U.K.) ^ | May 28, 2009

Posted on 06/04/2009 11:55:28 AM PDT by Schnucki

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1 posted on 06/04/2009 11:55:29 AM PDT by Schnucki
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Excellent bait for crappys.


2 posted on 06/04/2009 11:58:03 AM PDT by envisio (Sexual Beer & BBQ Ribs)
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and nobody noticed this? Why is nothing else nearby covered? Thats very strange.


3 posted on 06/04/2009 11:58:39 AM PDT by GeronL (http://libertyfic.proboards.com <----go there now,----> tyrannysentinel.blogspot.com)
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Ok, now that they caught the car what are the caterpillars going to do with it?
4 posted on 06/04/2009 11:59:52 AM PDT by Cheburashka ("Ah, Roulette. My favorite game, after Call of Duty.")
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Look at the sidewalk and the lamp post to the right of the car.


6 posted on 06/04/2009 12:01:22 PM PDT by Army Air Corps (Four fried chickens and a coke)
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"‘They can bear a bit of weight but the car owner will be able to back the car out and clean it.'"

Did this guy really think people would assume the silk would stop the car from moving?

7 posted on 06/04/2009 12:01:28 PM PDT by Abathar (Proudly posting without reading the article carefully since 2004)
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Wow.


8 posted on 06/04/2009 12:02:28 PM PDT by VaBthang4 (He Who Watches over Israel will Neither Slumber nor Sleep.)
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To: Schnucki

Looks like a “Green-Car” experiment gone bad. If the vehicles is made of too much organic material, it could be eaten.


9 posted on 06/04/2009 12:02:31 PM PDT by TexasNative2000 ("What's in YOUR wallet? MY MONEY!")
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Well, I guess caterpillars dig Hondas.


10 posted on 06/04/2009 12:03:15 PM PDT by RexBeach ("Do your duty in all things." Robert E. Lee)
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I just noticed that. Pretty crazy.


11 posted on 06/04/2009 12:04:06 PM PDT by GeronL (http://libertyfic.proboards.com <----go there now,----> tyrannysentinel.blogspot.com)
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"Ok, now that they caught the car what are the caterpillars going to do with it?"

Why, go cruising for social butterflies, of course!
12 posted on 06/04/2009 12:04:36 PM PDT by Hegemony Cricket (The emperor has no pedigree.)
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To: GeronL

global warming...
anthropogenic, of course...
oh, and only caused by American capitalism, not Chinese or Indian CO2 emissions.


13 posted on 06/04/2009 12:04:43 PM PDT by MrB (Go Galt now, save Bowman for later)
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and nobody noticed this? Why is nothing else nearby covered? Thats very strange.

Well, it looks like they prefer a Honda to some crappy American car ;)

14 posted on 06/04/2009 12:04:51 PM PDT by SMM48
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Kinda reminds me of the silkworm nests that I saw in east Texas as a young’un.


15 posted on 06/04/2009 12:05:32 PM PDT by Army Air Corps (Four fried chickens and a coke)
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Looks like Gulliver had bad allergies in urban areas of Lilliput.


16 posted on 06/04/2009 12:05:35 PM PDT by IrishPennant (RLT = Radical Left Terrorism...feel it????)
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Why do I think there’s a big ole tree above this car and this thing “dropped”.


17 posted on 06/04/2009 12:09:35 PM PDT by Sacajaweau
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Are those the killer Gitmo caterpillar's?
18 posted on 06/04/2009 12:11:59 PM PDT by dancusa (The word "racist" is a magic shield word that's supposed to stop any dissent.)
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Whoa. That is so freakish, like from a horror film.


19 posted on 06/04/2009 12:14:45 PM PDT by Niuhuru
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Somebody should have gone to Ninevah.

20 posted on 06/04/2009 12:15:21 PM PDT by the invisib1e hand
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