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15-Apr-08, 01:57 PM
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Originally Posted by Sdaji  If you're going to gather them up for food, be careful as the forelegs are modified for digging, they're very strong and covered in serrations which can give you a superficial but mildly painful injury. | Legs modified for digging are called "fossorial", did you know that Sdaji, didya didya?  |
15-Apr-08, 02:00 PM
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Originally Posted by Malley | know about it...pfffftttt.... Sdaji made that word up!
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15-Apr-08, 02:04 PM
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Originally Posted by Sdaji I was thinking about making a similar post
Yes, it's definitely a mole cricket, uh huh, I knew it and even though you'd already been told and had it confirmed several times, I wanted to look like I knew too, 'cause I'm so smart
Oh, right, by this stage I'm supposed to add extra information about them and personal anecdotes of my experiences with them, and in the case that others have already provided information and anecdotes, my information must be more detailed and obscure than the previous information, and my anecdotes funnier and more impressive.
They often turn up in rice paddies, and rice farmers often gather them up and eat them. They're quite delicious and nutritious. If you're going to gather them up for food, be careful as the forelegs are modified for digging, they're very strong and covered in serrations which can give you a superficial but mildly painful injury. They have long, drawn out calls and usually call from the entrance of their burrows.
When I was a little kid...
Okay, I'm bored now, I couldn't even be bothered googling them to get their global distributional data, number of species, etc | ok take off your white coat now cause you ate them all
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15-Apr-08, 02:08 PM
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Originally Posted by Malley | Ooh! ******* contest time! 
I finished my honours year (which focussed on insects) when you were barely starting your uni course!
Is it time to start using ridiculously unnecessary jargon? Yes, the ridiculous jargon contest...
The Mole Crickets are such enchanting endognathus hexapods which form the family Gryllotalpidae, which of course are Ensiferans. Despite their comical appearance with wings barely extending past the head when folded, these insects are volant after they have completed their incomplete metamorphosis.
Yeah, I'm bored again; that's as much silly jargon as I feel like throwing at someone I'm only pretending to compete with
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15-Apr-08, 02:09 PM
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Oh, come on! They censor the word ******* around here? Even a prude like me is comfortable with that one!
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15-Apr-08, 02:28 PM
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Originally Posted by DrNick know about it...pfffftttt.... Sdaji made that word up! | lol Quote:
Originally Posted by Sdaji Ooh! ******* contest time!
I finished my honours year (which focussed on insects) when you were barely starting your uni course!
Is it time to start using ridiculously unnecessary jargon? Yes, the ridiculous jargon contest...
The Mole Crickets are such enchanting endognathus hexapods which form the family Gryllotalpidae, which of course are Ensiferans. Despite their comical appearance with wings barely extending past the head when folded, these insects are volant after they have completed their incomplete metamorphosis.
Yeah, I'm bored again; that's as much silly jargon as I feel like throwing at someone I'm only pretending to compete with | Haha, Sdaji... |
15-Apr-08, 02:54 PM
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