Was the bug placed on the boobies?

I found four or five of those under a dead mouse my cat had left to, hm, dry in the sun. If they're running low on them in that state, they can pick some up in Ottawa.

D'oh! I must have found a different species of it. Now I feel dumb.
American Burying Beetle (new window)

they are f ing with the natural selection process.

wouldnt six shy of 100 be ninety four????

There once was a bug from Nantucket...

bumkusfiveal: they are f ing with the natural selection process.

Unless humans caused their near-extinction in the first place, in which case we're attempting to undo our own farking with the natural selection process.

ZoSo_the_Crowe: Unless humans caused their near-extinction in the first place, in which case we're attempting to undo our own farking with the natural selection process

Humans are PART of the natural selection process, and though we're riding high now, we are not exempt from that process.

I wonder if, every once in a while, these scientists totally freak out and run around stomping the fark out of every bug they can find?

"Come here, sweetie," he said as he positioned the bug on the quail carcass. He gave it a loving smile. "It certainly has personality."

Sounds like a Lyttle Lytton entry to me

What's with the soldering gun?

DSanchez: What's with the soldering gun?

They were trying to work out the bugs in the system.
Nah they just calculated the beetle was not quite traumatized enough to be released.

AmazingRuss: ZoSo_the_Crowe: Unless humans caused their near-extinction in the first place, in which case we're attempting to undo our own farking with the natural selection process

Humans are PART of the natural selection process, and though we're riding high now, we are not exempt from that process.

No hold on, this is not some species that was obliterated by deforestation, or the building of a dam. Dinosaurs American Burying Beetles, uh, *had* their shot, and nature *selected* them for extinction!

Those nasty things are all over the place here in So MN.

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