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[challenge entry] bad boy

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(I helped save b3ta! LS18, Sun 24 Jul 2011, 16:06, archived)
# Two creepy animals rolled into one.
And I thought the Assassin Spider was scary.

budak.blogs.com/the_annotated_budak/images/assassin_spider.jpg

Best not to click on that if you hate long necked, massive jawed spiders.
(I helped save b3ta! Bourbon Fox Bourbon is a moron, Sun 24 Jul 2011, 16:15, archived)
# hard to tell what's happening here but
something is dying, and that's a plus ;p
(I helped save b3ta! LS18, Sun 24 Jul 2011, 16:18, archived)
# Unfortunately not the assassin spider (thing on the left)
You can see the abdomen and thorax at the bottom of the picture, and a really long neck, with one of the mandibles resting against it, the other impaling a... thing.

At least that's my understanding of it.
(I helped save b3ta! Bourbon Fox Bourbon is a moron, Sun 24 Jul 2011, 16:21, archived)
# they look awesome
nature.berkeley.edu/~hwood/Images.html
(The Director of Directing, Sun 24 Jul 2011, 16:24, archived)
# evolution is amazing
(I helped save b3ta! LS18, Sun 24 Jul 2011, 16:26, archived)
# ^This.
You know some experts reckon this is as far as humans are going to evolve, as we are building our world to suit us so well?
(I helped save b3ta! Bourbon Fox Bourbon is a moron, Sun 24 Jul 2011, 16:31, archived)
# biologically, I assume you mean
(I helped save b3ta! LS18, Sun 24 Jul 2011, 16:35, archived)
# Biologically, yes.
(I helped save b3ta! Bourbon Fox Bourbon is a moron, Sun 24 Jul 2011, 16:38, archived)
# So we're not all going the Wall-e route?
(I helped save b3ta! RedHouse over yonder, Sun 24 Jul 2011, 16:40, archived)
# If what they've said is true (and I see no reason to quarrel with it)
then it is likely that our continued manipulation of the environment might put increased pressure on other species to survive, thereby triggering further evolution among them than might otherwise be the case.
(if that makes any sense)
(I helped save b3ta! LS18, Sun 24 Jul 2011, 16:44, archived)
# I can see where you're coming from.
With all the deforestation and whatnot, animals, even as we speak, are evolving; maybe not physically but they are adapting to their ever-changing habitat.

I can see animals like pandas, who rely on us, becoming more... domesticated?
(I helped save b3ta! Bourbon Fox Bourbon is a moron, Sun 24 Jul 2011, 16:47, archived)
# related to that
I'd like to see an image challenge re: animals/creatures evolving physically and/or behaviorally to compete in the human world. I suggested it but it didn't make the grade.
(I helped save b3ta! LS18, Sun 24 Jul 2011, 16:52, archived)
# That'd be an excellent challenge for next week.
Lot of mileage in that one.
(I helped save b3ta! Bourbon Fox Bourbon is a moron, Sun 24 Jul 2011, 17:15, archived)
# owl did you make that then?
(I helped save b3ta! skullbuggery uh huh! kissed a cow!, Sun 24 Jul 2011, 16:15, archived)
# basic headswap
that's owl
(I helped save b3ta! LS18, Sun 24 Jul 2011, 16:19, archived)
# yummy spiders - i bet they taste like soft-shelled crab

(I helped save b3ta! PedroHin Come along & ride on a Flantastic Voyage, Sun 24 Jul 2011, 16:16, archived)
# I was told tarantula is a mix between chicken and fish.
(I helped save b3ta! Bourbon Fox Bourbon is a moron, Sun 24 Jul 2011, 16:18, archived)
# i believe that. I bet they are tasty
(I helped save b3ta! PedroHin Come along & ride on a Flantastic Voyage, Sun 24 Jul 2011, 16:20, archived)
# In a weird way I'd have to agree.
I bet they go down well with barbecue sauce.
(I helped save b3ta! Bourbon Fox Bourbon is a moron, Sun 24 Jul 2011, 16:21, archived)
# sorry to threadjack, but had to show you lot this! gave the wife one! she quite liked it.
(I helped save b3ta! skullbuggery uh huh! kissed a cow!, Sun 24 Jul 2011, 16:16, archived)
# we've all given her one
at one time or another ;p
(I helped save b3ta! LS18, Sun 24 Jul 2011, 16:22, archived)
# always wondered why she was like a wizards sleeve
(I helped save b3ta! skullbuggery uh huh! kissed a cow!, Sun 24 Jul 2011, 16:23, archived)
# many threads have focused on that very issue
(I helped save b3ta! LS18, Sun 24 Jul 2011, 16:27, archived)
# I haven't
Is that 8% man fat??
(otl, Sun 24 Jul 2011, 16:39, archived)
# let's broaden that to male fat
(I helped save b3ta! LS18, Sun 24 Jul 2011, 16:46, archived)
# *wraps newspaper*
(I helped save b3ta! Mr. Oleary MAKE MONEY FAST $$$, Sun 24 Jul 2011, 16:17, archived)
# no no no
escort him outside if you feel your health or property are at risk
(I helped save b3ta! PedroHin Come along & ride on a Flantastic Voyage, Sun 24 Jul 2011, 16:19, archived)
# Glad someone else likes spiders
People who kill spiders invariably also complain about the various insects running unchecked about their homes.
(I helped save b3ta! RedHouse over yonder, Sun 24 Jul 2011, 16:36, archived)
# I enjoy them all, as long as they don't crawl on me.
Flies -- I will try and usually succeed in opening the door to let them back out.

Ants are very helpful when my son comes to visit for the weekend. They carry off the crumbs and what-not that have fallen in those hard to reach areas.

Fortunately, I live in a clean multi-dwelling now, and have not had problems with anything in the roach family
(I helped save b3ta! PedroHin Come along & ride on a Flantastic Voyage, Sun 24 Jul 2011, 16:47, archived)
# Pat Roach
one member of the Roach family with many problems www.youtube.com/watch?v=m1Pad_PbkW8 (sweary NSFW)
(I helped save b3ta! RedHouse over yonder, Sun 24 Jul 2011, 17:32, archived)
# better think that over--
I failed to put in a scale reference. It eats cities.
(I helped save b3ta! LS18, Sun 24 Jul 2011, 16:25, archived)
# sorry for the Real Picture®
I saw this cute little guy when I was doing a cabling job at Home Depot.

(I helped save b3ta! PedroHin Come along & ride on a Flantastic Voyage, Sun 24 Jul 2011, 16:29, archived)
# taste ok?
(I helped save b3ta! LS18, Sun 24 Jul 2011, 16:31, archived)
# duuno. This one actually looked kinda dangerous to me.
(I helped save b3ta! PedroHin Come along & ride on a Flantastic Voyage, Sun 24 Jul 2011, 16:58, archived)
# rabid wolf spider I think
brown recluse are the ones you need to worry about in these parts
(I helped save b3ta! LS18, Sun 24 Jul 2011, 17:19, archived)
# is that cable 6 gauge or 16?
At first I thought it was a pencil, and thus he's only a little fella.
(I helped save b3ta! RedHouse over yonder, Sun 24 Jul 2011, 17:35, archived)
# if this is a rabid wolf, and a female, it can be up to an inch in size
will bite if captured, but not considered harmful
(I helped save b3ta! LS18, Sun 24 Jul 2011, 17:41, archived)
# actually a 3-conductor 16 gauge extension cord


EDIT: and true, the cord is not much more than 125% the diameter of a pencil, so it is a bit small.

When it was in my mouth, the legs would only reach from the left molars to just about 1/2-way across my tongue
(I helped save b3ta! PedroHin Come along & ride on a Flantastic Voyage, Sun 24 Jul 2011, 19:15, archived)
# As I thought, typical Home Depot garden extension cord
Small, but tasty!
(I helped save b3ta! RedHouse over yonder, Sun 24 Jul 2011, 19:59, archived)
# shit, HA! I meant the spider was,,, ahh fuggit
(I helped save b3ta! PedroHin Come along & ride on a Flantastic Voyage, Sun 24 Jul 2011, 20:36, archived)
# pfft, so did I
whatever, nevermind
(I helped save b3ta! RedHouse over yonder, Sun 24 Jul 2011, 20:49, archived)
# My other half has a pet Barn owl
and I want another Tarantula, but she keeps saying no, this is the perfect pet for us!
(I helped save b3ta! Rev. Jayneflakes Buy my book, I need the cash for drugs and hookers, Sun 24 Jul 2011, 18:22, archived)
# maybe genetic engineering can help you resolve this :)
(I helped save b3ta! LS18, Sun 24 Jul 2011, 18:43, archived)