Comments on: Dying leaf katydid photos http://boingboing.net/2008/12/05/dying-leaf-katydid-p.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Sat, 25 May 2013 19:25:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Takuan http://boingboing.net/2008/12/05/dying-leaf-katydid-p.html#comment-348172 Takuan Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-348172 should have some fun: glue old gum wrappers to some urban bugs and turn them loose should have some fun: glue old gum wrappers to some urban bugs and turn them loose

]]> By: Sekino http://boingboing.net/2008/12/05/dying-leaf-katydid-p.html#comment-348176 Sekino Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-348176 That's just astonishing! Now I'll be walking through the woods and wondering how many innocent-looking leaves and twigs really are watching me... O_O That’s just astonishing!

Now I’ll be walking through the woods and wondering how many innocent-looking leaves and twigs really are watching me… O_O

]]> By: Hanglyman http://boingboing.net/2008/12/05/dying-leaf-katydid-p.html#comment-348180 Hanglyman Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-348180 The detail of the camouflage really is amazing... even in the close-up pictures, the insects look like they're actually made of leaves. The human equivalent would be wearing camo and not just blending in, but looking like you were MADE of twigs and leaves, like a Giuseppe Arcimboldo painting. The detail of the camouflage really is amazing… even in the close-up pictures, the insects look like they’re actually made of leaves. The human equivalent would be wearing camo and not just blending in, but looking like you were MADE of twigs and leaves, like a Giuseppe Arcimboldo painting.

]]> By: Shelby Davis http://boingboing.net/2008/12/05/dying-leaf-katydid-p.html#comment-348443 Shelby Davis Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-348443 No way! I was reading Dr. Faustus just a few hours ago, where these bugs are described, and I thought Mr. Mann was taking some poetic license. Apparently not! No way! I was reading Dr. Faustus just a few hours ago, where these bugs are described, and I thought Mr. Mann was taking some poetic license. Apparently not!

]]> By: Antinous http://boingboing.net/2008/12/05/dying-leaf-katydid-p.html#comment-348192 Antinous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-348192 Bugs! Bugs!

]]> By: Kieran O'Neill http://boingboing.net/2008/12/05/dying-leaf-katydid-p.html#comment-348238 Kieran O'Neill Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-348238 Yet another reason why we need to conserve the rain forest. #3: <a href="http://www.millerandlevine.com/km/evol/Moths/moths.html">peppered moth?</a> Yet another reason why we need to conserve the rain forest.

#3: peppered moth?

]]> By: trr http://boingboing.net/2008/12/05/dying-leaf-katydid-p.html#comment-348251 trr Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-348251 I didn't know Dr. Wu was an entomologist. I didn’t know Dr. Wu was an entomologist.

]]> By: General Specific http://boingboing.net/2008/12/05/dying-leaf-katydid-p.html#comment-348260 General Specific Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-348260 Fascinating, but I'm going to have nightmares featuring the Violin Mantis for sure. Fascinating, but I’m going to have nightmares featuring the Violin Mantis for sure.

]]> By: Keeper of the Lantern http://boingboing.net/2008/12/05/dying-leaf-katydid-p.html#comment-348540 Keeper of the Lantern Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-348540 Where's my smashin' rock? Where’s my smashin’ rock?

]]> By: Kieran O'Neill http://boingboing.net/2008/12/05/dying-leaf-katydid-p.html#comment-348285 Kieran O'Neill Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-348285 #9: Here's a <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aM23yzeuLqU">counter to that</a>. Think of it as a "cute mantis" chaser. #9: Here’s a counter to that. Think of it as a “cute mantis” chaser.

]]> By: Marc Kelsey http://boingboing.net/2008/12/05/dying-leaf-katydid-p.html#comment-348585 Marc Kelsey Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-348585 You mean "unbe-leaf-able." Ah, I kill me. You mean “unbe-leaf-able.”

Ah, I kill me.

]]> By: Pantograph http://boingboing.net/2008/12/05/dying-leaf-katydid-p.html#comment-348133 Pantograph Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-348133 Katy lies, you can see it in her eyes, But imagine my surprise when I found you... Katy lies, you can see it in her eyes,
But imagine my surprise when I found you…

]]> By: mdh http://boingboing.net/2008/12/05/dying-leaf-katydid-p.html#comment-348149 mdh Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-348149 No she didn't didn't, didn't. No she didn’t didn’t, didn’t.

]]> By: mdh http://boingboing.net/2008/12/05/dying-leaf-katydid-p.html#comment-348411 mdh Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-348411 they must be native to Aja. they must be native to Aja.

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