Saturday, December 3, 2011

WORLDS LARGEST BUG EATS A CARROT

YOU MAY WANT TO JUST SKIP THIS ARTICLE IF BUGS FREAK YOU OUT:


Giant Weta Bug Eating a Carrot (Image by Mark Moffett/Minden Pictures/Solent)
Yikes!  Would you be this brave?  They say the bug is "vegetarian" and is called the "gentle giant" of the insect world, but still...

Giant Weta Bug Eating a Carrot (Image by Mark Moffett/Minden Pictures/Solent)
...I'm not sure I'd go this far.
It's amazing.  It's creepy.  It's cool.  It's scary.  It's fascinating.

I'm all over the place on this one.  I'm just glad we don't have to deal with bugs like this at the farm!

Enjoy?

8 comments:

  1. OMG. I . Would. Die.

    I have enough stuff eating my veggies.

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  2. Oh man, I couldnt look at that picture for long. It makes my skin crawl.

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  3. Sue - I hear ya! ha. And yeah, we have enough problems with our gardens, we don't need animal sized insects adding to the mix, ha.

    LNL - Ha, I bet a lot of people feel the same way.

    Bluestem - LOL! That made me laugh!

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  4. OMG, that's just...YUK! Creepy and made me shudder.

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