Comments on: World's Rarest Insect found on Rocky Spire http://boingboing.net/2009/06/19/worlds-rarest-insect.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Thu, 23 May 2013 08:16:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/06/19/worlds-rarest-insect.html#comment-818953 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-818953 unbelievable. unbelievable.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/06/19/worlds-rarest-insect.html#comment-559626 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-559626 i spent a good 30 min reading this article and the comments. i love the way nerds think i spent a good 30 min reading this article and the comments. i love the way nerds think

]]> By: adamnvillani http://boingboing.net/2009/06/19/worlds-rarest-insect.html#comment-523023 adamnvillani Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-523023 I've seen plenty of things this size or smaller from cruising altitude in a commercial jet. I always bring along maps when I'm flying during the day and enjoy following along on the map what I can see on the ground. I’ve seen plenty of things this size or smaller from cruising altitude in a commercial jet. I always bring along maps when I’m flying during the day and enjoy following along on the map what I can see on the ground.

]]> By: alexisbellido http://boingboing.net/2009/06/19/worlds-rarest-insect.html#comment-522512 alexisbellido Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-522512 Cool, it seems these insects got what the Pirate Bay guys didn't: their own island! Cool, it seems these insects got what the Pirate Bay guys didn’t: their own island!

]]> By: t3hmadhatter http://boingboing.net/2009/06/19/worlds-rarest-insect.html#comment-522516 t3hmadhatter Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-522516 3 legs to wrap around, the other three to hide the embarrassing boner. minus two legs, sounds about right. 3 legs to wrap around, the other three to hide the embarrassing boner. minus two legs, sounds about right.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/06/19/worlds-rarest-insect.html#comment-818965 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-818965 "thought to be devoid of life until 2001" Really? Then how is it that the 1965 expedition to the summit had to be prepared for centipede attacks as the previous expedition was viciously attacked by them? http://www.australiantraveller.com/component/content/article/3295 Of course, I'd rather be attacked by lobsters that I could boila and eat. “thought to be devoid of life until 2001″ Really?

Then how is it that the 1965 expedition to the summit had to be prepared for centipede attacks as the previous expedition was viciously attacked by them? http://www.australiantraveller.com/component/content/article/3295

Of course, I’d rather be attacked by lobsters that I could boila and eat.

]]> By: TheCrawNotTheCraw http://boingboing.net/2009/06/19/worlds-rarest-insect.html#comment-523041 TheCrawNotTheCraw Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-523041 @48, Yes! But the people who have come to the Open Houses keep complaining about the torture chambers not having the latest type of floor tile. And that while stainless steel may be in vogue for refrigerators, it is apparently no longer so for "slabs on which to restrain one's victim while shooting a laser beam between his legs and taunting him." Go figure. @48,

Yes!

But the people who have come to the Open Houses keep complaining about the torture chambers not having the latest type of floor tile.

And that while stainless steel may be in vogue for refrigerators, it is apparently no longer so for “slabs on which to restrain one’s victim while shooting a laser beam between his legs and taunting him.”

Go figure.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/06/19/worlds-rarest-insect.html#comment-818978 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-818978 Slow reader! :) Slow reader! :)

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/06/19/worlds-rarest-insect.html#comment-818984 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-818984 galapagoes really needs to be put in a giant glass bubble allowing none of our outside influences to get in or its extravigant and amazing life to be let out into our sesspool of a polluted and beat up planet. the entirety of those islands and all its species is a rare and invaluable gift for not only humanity but the creation of our planet and all its inhabitants.(take out the money value and switch it with adoration and pride and perhaps we can save some of these interesting finds and not have to breed them in captivity. YES captivity saves the species, but ... it does not allow it free will to live or survive on its own, pretty much captivity is humans way of putting it in a cage, shelving it and letting the kiddies at the zoo walk by and take a peek, what kinda life is that? humans just dont get it yet. i hope u post this, i do not do technology well and i dont sign up to things, but i appreciate being able to let out a comment about something so extraordinary. chad in canada. galapagoes really needs to be put in a giant glass bubble allowing none of our outside influences to get in or its extravigant and amazing life to be let out into our sesspool of a polluted and beat up planet. the entirety of those islands and all its species is a rare and invaluable gift for not only humanity but the creation of our planet and all its inhabitants.(take out the money value and switch it with adoration and pride and perhaps we can save some of these interesting finds and not have to breed them in captivity. YES captivity saves the species, but … it does not allow it free will to live or survive on its own, pretty much captivity is humans way of putting it in a cage, shelving it and letting the kiddies at the zoo walk by and take a peek, what kinda life is that? humans just dont get it yet. i hope u post this, i do not do technology well and i dont sign up to things, but i appreciate being able to let out a comment about something so extraordinary.
chad in canada.

]]> By: Talia http://boingboing.net/2009/06/19/worlds-rarest-insect.html#comment-522547 Talia Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-522547 These creatures almost ound like they could be the subject of a science fiction story. Someone please write it! :) Brave little souls. Go them! These creatures almost ound like they could be the subject of a science fiction story. Someone please write it! :)

Brave little souls. Go them!

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/06/19/worlds-rarest-insect.html#comment-819002 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-819002 To ensure the bug's future, make a taste smacking delicacy of it. That will ensure its survival! To ensure the bug’s future, make a taste smacking delicacy of it. That will ensure its survival!

]]> By: Alex_M http://boingboing.net/2009/06/19/worlds-rarest-insect.html#comment-522563 Alex_M Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-522563 SIX INCHES?! SIX INCHES?!

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/06/19/worlds-rarest-insect.html#comment-522568 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-522568 http://www.flickr.com/photos/velvetink/3411664448/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/velvetink/3411664448/

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/06/19/worlds-rarest-insect.html#comment-819022 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-819022 they may of all been killed due to their efforts of taking over the world.....leave it to humans to breed them to get their population back up so they can take over the world!!! they may of all been killed due to their efforts of taking over the world…..leave it to humans to breed them to get their population back up so they can take over the world!!!

]]> By: Keeper of the Lantern http://boingboing.net/2009/06/19/worlds-rarest-insect.html#comment-522575 Keeper of the Lantern Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-522575 Ugh. They SAVED that thing? SMASH IT WITH A ROCK!!! Ugh.

They SAVED that thing?

SMASH IT WITH A ROCK!!!

]]> By: gramiq http://boingboing.net/2009/06/19/worlds-rarest-insect.html#comment-522581 gramiq Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-522581 "the barren, rocky spire was thought to be devoid of life .... in 2001 the scientists found a colony of the huge Lord Howe Island stick insects living under a single bush" Um, didn't they notice the bush? plants = life, you know. “the barren, rocky spire was thought to be devoid of life …. in 2001 the scientists found a colony of the huge Lord Howe Island stick insects living under a single bush”

Um, didn’t they notice the bush?

plants = life, you know.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/06/19/worlds-rarest-insect.html#comment-522585 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-522585 This post actually makes me quite sad. The reason that these insects are there is because we humans never have. It wont be long before no place on earth will have been disrupted invaded by us. This post actually makes me quite sad.

The reason that these insects are there is because we humans never have.

It wont be long before no place on earth will have been disrupted invaded by us.

]]> By: thequickbrownfox http://boingboing.net/2009/06/19/worlds-rarest-insect.html#comment-522588 thequickbrownfox Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-522588 I want one, with a USB plug of course! Great laptop anti-theft strategy. I want one, with a USB plug of course!

Great laptop anti-theft strategy.

]]> By: CitizenJohnJohn http://boingboing.net/2009/06/19/worlds-rarest-insect.html#comment-522853 CitizenJohnJohn Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-522853 According to this account the Lord Howe Island phasmid was discovered on Balls Pyramid in 1964: http://www.abc.net.au/austory/content/2005/s1343583.htm According to this account the Lord Howe Island phasmid was discovered on Balls Pyramid in 1964:

http://www.abc.net.au/austory/content/2005/s1343583.htm

]]> By: mdh http://boingboing.net/2009/06/19/worlds-rarest-insect.html#comment-522349 mdh Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-522349 life ftw! life ftw!

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/06/19/worlds-rarest-insect.html#comment-813683 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-813683 this somewhat resembles a cockroach this somewhat resembles a cockroach

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/06/19/worlds-rarest-insect.html#comment-819059 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-819059 Like bugs. Like bugs.

]]> By: Nasty http://boingboing.net/2009/06/19/worlds-rarest-insect.html#comment-522355 Nasty Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-522355 Rare bugs. Cool, I love these bugs now. Rare bugs. Cool, I love these bugs now.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/06/19/worlds-rarest-insect.html#comment-819062 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-819062 LOL. I loved your comment. LOL. I loved your comment.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/06/19/worlds-rarest-insect.html#comment-524666 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-524666 A island with six inch long insects! It's a pity there's no room for King Kong and all those dinosaurs... A island with six inch long insects! It’s a pity there’s no room for King Kong and all those dinosaurs…

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/06/19/worlds-rarest-insect.html#comment-522364 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-522364 Yet another reason why sausages are awesome. Yet another reason why sausages are awesome.

]]> By: Pipenta http://boingboing.net/2009/06/19/worlds-rarest-insect.html#comment-522876 Pipenta Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-522876 #16 posted by Anonymous, June 19, 2009 4:11 PM "They are currently being bred in captivity." Don't we have enough insects ? It not as if they were cute :) Hey #16. We already have enough humans. Don't breed. #16 posted by Anonymous, June 19, 2009 4:11 PM

“They are currently being bred in captivity.”

Don’t we have enough insects ? It not as if they were cute :)

Hey #16. We already have enough humans. Don’t breed.

]]> By: El Stinko http://boingboing.net/2009/06/19/worlds-rarest-insect.html#comment-522365 El Stinko Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-522365 I hope they at least left some there as they obviously can survive? I hope they at least left some there as they obviously can survive?

]]> By: Narmitaj http://boingboing.net/2009/06/19/worlds-rarest-insect.html#comment-522623 Narmitaj Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-522623 @ 14 - the island is a third of a mile in height, so would easily be visible from cruising altitude, which is about seven miles, even if you're ten or twenty miles away on the ground. After all, from the ground it is easy enough to spot a plane at cruising height, though it is a lot smaller: even an A-380 is only 260 feet across. @ 14 – the island is a third of a mile in height, so would easily be visible from cruising altitude, which is about seven miles, even if you’re ten or twenty miles away on the ground.

After all, from the ground it is easy enough to spot a plane at cruising height, though it is a lot smaller: even an A-380 is only 260 feet across.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/06/19/worlds-rarest-insect.html#comment-522377 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-522377 hurricane (or are they cyclones in the south Pacific?)? tidal wave? alien entomologists? all likely culprits in the insect's relocation. hurricane (or are they cyclones in the south Pacific?)? tidal wave? alien entomologists?

all likely culprits in the insect’s relocation.

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