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Ant Invaders Enslave their Kind and Subject them to Propaganda
Like humans, nnts exist in a world of wars, invasions and hostile takeovers. But the pitched siege between the warring clans of these workers and soldiers may result in a fate worse than death for the losers – and a fate far from unknown within the human world: slavery. Read on to discover more about these pernicious but strangely familiar proceedings...
Continue reading...7 Most Disgusting Insect Delicacies on Earth
Friday, July 24, 2009
Now before we get started, let’s get one thing clear. Disgusting as defined by you and me might not be disgusting as defined by the next gourmand. What one abhors the next adores. So get those "yucks" and "eeews" out of your system. You’d eat this stuff if you had to, or if society didn’t wrinkle its collective nose at it. It all tastes like chicken anyway, doesn’t it? Well let’s find out. Mmm. Om nom nom nom nom nom nom.
Continue reading...The Real-Life Frankenstein
Wednesday, July 1, 2009
London, 1837. Electricity, that most wondrous of modern miracles, is still a poorly understood force at this time. It has yet to be used to light a bulb, but it has already been used to 'rejuvenate' the bodies of frogs and, according to some, humans. That prestigious organisation, the London Electrical Society, is about to receive word that the barrier between life and death has already been breached...
Continue reading...The Legend of the Man-Eating Tree of Madagascar
Thursday, June 11, 2009
The year is 1878. The place: the steaming, savage jungles of Madagascar. Machete in hand, German explorer Carl Liche leads a group of Mkodo tribesmen through this terra incognita to find something no white man has ever seen before. Entering a clearing, Liche suddenly halts, frozen by the sight that stands before him. A legend is about to be born which will refuse to die...
Continue reading...Face to Face with an Ant Seeing Red
Monday, April 20, 2009
This incredible microscopic image makes you glad you're five or six feet tall, not five or six inches. If we were that small, of course we wouldn't stand much of a chance against these formidable insects, which may form up to a quarter of the mass of living creatures in a given ecosystem. But even though you wouldn't want to get bitten by an even vaguely oversized ant's mandibles, it's strange how like ants we are.
Continue reading...The Strangest Camouflage in the World
Thursday, November 20, 2008
Insects typically do not stand out. Something to do with it being their one way ticket to certain extinction, generally. A fact that just adds to the mystique of the extremely rare pink katydid. Though remarkably pretty and startling, one must wonder just what purpose this color scheme serves. It’s certainly not the best camouflage, so must surely result in untimely death more often than not.
Continue reading...The Amazing Technicolored Coat of the Caddisfly
Wednesday, November 19, 2008
Your first response may well be 'Is that thing REAL?!' and no one would blame you in the slightest. However, while this luridly multicolored insectoid monstrosity may at first appear to be an elaborately designed model, rest assured that the little fellow is very real - right down to the stylish purple beret.
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Friday, August 14, 2009
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