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I ZEE NUZZINK!
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have you never, EVER seen indiana jones?
or really any movie with killer jungle ants that swarm over a body and leave it stripped to the bones in mere seconds?
granted, those are a specific type of ant, whereas bees are just killers in general, but.... well, I have seen someone run for their life from ants. albeit only in the movies. =P
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have you never, EVER seen indiana jones?
or really any movie with killer jungle ants that swarm over a body and leave it stripped to the bones in mere seconds?
granted, those are a specific type of ant, whereas bees are just killers in general, but.... well, I have seen someone run for their life from ants. albeit only in the movies. =P
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Ignoring the fact that those are mainly movies I had mentioned in my last statement, "Not all ants are evil, but those who are"
Although I am aware of a special kind of ant that technically are 6-legged suicide bombs. I forget if it's just secretion or if they actually "explode" but something about the chemical released is very dangerous to those around it.
Despite this, bees can still go fuck themselves. I say we kill em all and just mass produce more butterflies and ladybugs in their place. Are there that many places anymore that still use natural bee honey? I'd figure we can just make it. I wouldn't know cuz I'd never eat the shit.
Ignoring the fact that those are mainly movies I had mentioned in my last statement, "Not all ants are evil, but those who are"
Although I am aware of a special kind of ant that technically are 6-legged suicide bombs. I forget if it's just secretion or if they actually "explode" but something about the chemical released is very dangerous to those around it.
Despite this, bees can still go fuck themselves. I say we kill em all and just mass produce more butterflies and ladybugs in their place. Are there that many places anymore that still use natural bee honey? I'd figure we can just make it. I wouldn't know cuz I'd never eat the shit.
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well even if they're movies I'm pretty sure those types of ants do exist. I remember reading about them somewhere - and statistics of how many seconds it would take them to strip an elephant corpse bare of flesh. Anyway, I just like poking holes in people's arguments =P
Now that you mention it I remember learning about that type of ant somewhere, sometime. That's about all I remember though. But bees still win, considering they all die when they sting someone. so they're ALL maniacal suicide bombers.
as long as when you're reshaping the global ecosystems, you don't make any more spiders, i'm cool with that. spiders can burn in whatever hell you put the bees in. I don't care how useful they are at getting rid of bugs. just make more anteaters. we all need more fucking anteaters anyway.
or... were those lions? I forget
well even if they're movies I'm pretty sure those types of ants do exist. I remember reading about them somewhere - and statistics of how many seconds it would take them to strip an elephant corpse bare of flesh. Anyway, I just like poking holes in people's arguments =P
Now that you mention it I remember learning about that type of ant somewhere, sometime. That's about all I remember though. But bees still win, considering they all die when they sting someone. so they're ALL maniacal suicide bombers.
as long as when you're reshaping the global ecosystems, you don't make any more spiders, i'm cool with that. spiders can burn in whatever hell you put the bees in. I don't care how useful they are at getting rid of bugs. just make more anteaters. we all need more fucking anteaters anyway.
or... were those lions? I forget
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If you're referring to the bugs that make pits near anthills and shot sand to knock the ants into their waiting mouths like the sarlac(sp?) pit, it's ant lions or doodlebugs. Anteaters are cool too, though.
On a side note I was running for my life last week from bees when I hit a nest while mowing the lawn, luckily I have a lake behind my house.
If you're referring to the bugs that make pits near anthills and shot sand to knock the ants into their waiting mouths like the sarlac(sp?) pit, it's ant lions or doodlebugs. Anteaters are cool too, though.
On a side note I was running for my life last week from bees when I hit a nest while mowing the lawn, luckily I have a lake behind my house.
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I ran into their "nest" (They burrowed into the wood of my deck) as I was mowing my back lawn. 3 stung me on my calf simultaneously and that reacted almost immediately. Then I come back at night, when they're SUPPOSED to be fucking docile and before I even spray, one comes out and stings me BETWEEN THE FINGERS! I don't even know how it got there. It landed on the webbing and stung in between the knuckles and my hand was puffy.
Good news is, I was stung since my post and haven't reacted, so it's possible that I'm not allergic, but I don't know why I puffed so bad.
Nonetheless, I still hate bees.
@ alias: i actually like spiders. Very few of them are dangerous, so I put them into like the same category as ants. Only difference is, as a kid I would handle both spiders and ants, but only ants ever bit me for no reason. So I'm actually partial to spiders. Sure, I still jump like hell if they surprise the hell out of me, but still.
While I was at college, I had this netbasket thing for my laundry. I had it next to my bed and computer cuz I was about to do the laundry. I bent down to pick up a pencil I dropped, and 6 inches from my face on the net was a spider with a legspan bigger than my palm. It looked like a mix between a giant housespider and a fucking wolf spider. Needless to say I flipped the fuck out, but that didn't stop me from carrying the thing outside.
To stress how big it was: I took it outside, and the door is about 20 ft away from a bench outside where a kid was on his phone, so keep in mind that he's actually distracted. I drop the spider right where I was standing and see his face go wide with horror from 20ft, before he yelled "Holy shit, was that thing in your fucking room man?" i still laugh about that reaction haha
EXACTLY WHAT'S BEEN HAPPENING TO ME!
I ran into their "nest" (They burrowed into the wood of my deck) as I was mowing my back lawn. 3 stung me on my calf simultaneously and that reacted almost immediately. Then I come back at night, when they're SUPPOSED to be fucking docile and before I even spray, one comes out and stings me BETWEEN THE FINGERS! I don't even know how it got there. It landed on the webbing and stung in between the knuckles and my hand was puffy.
Good news is, I was stung since my post and haven't reacted, so it's possible that I'm not allergic, but I don't know why I puffed so bad.
Nonetheless, I still hate bees.
@ alias: i actually like spiders. Very few of them are dangerous, so I put them into like the same category as ants. Only difference is, as a kid I would handle both spiders and ants, but only ants ever bit me for no reason. So I'm actually partial to spiders. Sure, I still jump like hell if they surprise the hell out of me, but still.
While I was at college, I had this netbasket thing for my laundry. I had it next to my bed and computer cuz I was about to do the laundry. I bent down to pick up a pencil I dropped, and 6 inches from my face on the net was a spider with a legspan bigger than my palm. It looked like a mix between a giant housespider and a fucking wolf spider. Needless to say I flipped the fuck out, but that didn't stop me from carrying the thing outside.
To stress how big it was: I took it outside, and the door is about 20 ft away from a bench outside where a kid was on his phone, so keep in mind that he's actually distracted. I drop the spider right where I was standing and see his face go wide with horror from 20ft, before he yelled "Holy shit, was that thing in your fucking room man?" i still laugh about that reaction haha
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I like spiders too.. well except for camel spiders, but they aren't technically speaking spiders. I don't like them just because of how they move. When they run they're like miniature aliens form the movie. Really freaking fast and they jump too.
I like spiders too.. well except for camel spiders, but they aren't technically speaking spiders. I don't like them just because of how they move. When they run they're like miniature aliens form the movie. Really freaking fast and they jump too.
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Now that's a spider I'd be scared of.
A lot of people completely over exaggerate about their "jump," but yeah they are over-aggressive little shits. And I hate them
SPEAKING SPIDERS!
Now that's a spider I'd be scared of.A lot of people completely over exaggerate about their "jump," but yeah they are over-aggressive little shits. And I hate them
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Yeah there are alot of myths and bullshit about them, but anything that small moving at 10 MPH directly at you and then jumping on you tends to freak people out. I've never actually heard of one biting anyone though. Thye would make a cool pet though. I think I would love that reaction. "Here watch what my pet can do." *Let's it go, then it proceeds to run and jump on the other person.*
Yeah there are alot of myths and bullshit about them, but anything that small moving at 10 MPH directly at you and then jumping on you tends to freak people out. I've never actually heard of one biting anyone though. Thye would make a cool pet though. I think I would love that reaction. "Here watch what my pet can do." *Let's it go, then it proceeds to run and jump on the other person.*
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You don't usually hear about bites because they don't have venom, and it's popular for them to bite someone while they sleep. Also, the saliva has a nerve-numbing agent or something? Idk, so as they chew, it goes dead and you don't feel it.
You don't usually hear about bites because they don't have venom, and it's popular for them to bite someone while they sleep. Also, the saliva has a nerve-numbing agent or something? Idk, so as they chew, it goes dead and you don't feel it.
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Getting rid of all bees would completely fuck Earth's ecosystems, from what I know. A significant percentage of plants are pollinated by bees, and if you remove the bees there's nothing else that pollinates those plants. That was one reason why there was so much fear about colony collapse disorder a few years back.
Getting rid of all bees would completely fuck Earth's ecosystems, from what I know. A significant percentage of plants are pollinated by bees, and if you remove the bees there's nothing else that pollinates those plants. That was one reason why there was so much fear about colony collapse disorder a few years back.
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Ah, how hatred for something makes you blind to the fact that its removal can be quite harmful.
Goldstein is right, bees do help with plant reproduction. Also, Ants break into your house and get into your food. Spiders eat other annoying bugs, but so do bats, anteaters, ant lions etc, but spiders still be neat. Plus I like their webs.
And Camel Spiders are freaky shit.
Ah, how hatred for something makes you blind to the fact that its removal can be quite harmful.
Goldstein is right, bees do help with plant reproduction. Also, Ants break into your house and get into your food. Spiders eat other annoying bugs, but so do bats, anteaters, ant lions etc, but spiders still be neat. Plus I like their webs.
And Camel Spiders are freaky shit.
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