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kombi45@yahoo.com wrote:
> Trying to find out what kind of moth/fly/grasshopper this is:
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http
/www.pbase.com/sirchandestroy/image/45142779
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http/www.pbase.com/sirchandestroy/image/45145818
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http/www.pbase.com/sirchandestroy/image/45149797
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> Thx,
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> Ben
When I was a kid I used to have fantasies of riding inside of those
bugs like they were some giant robots - I imagined a control room
somewhere in the head or chest and I thought it was awesome that they
had extensive body armor. The thought of being swallowed up whole, my
vehicle and I, by some other creature never occured to me.
Everytime I see a bug I am reminded again, and from the science news
lately it seems many have had the same exact fantasy, as much of
research in robotics nowadays suggests the use of bugs as inspiration
for futuristic vehicle design.
I want one with the agility of a hunting spider that, though only a few
millimeters in size, would leap nearly a meter or more to capture a fly
in the blink of an eye. I know that because I watched one as a kid and
it startled me - a most amazing thing to see. I don't know if it wove a
web, but with such accuracy I would guess it never needed one.
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