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Holbytlass · 01-10-2007, 01:44 PM

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Originally Posted by Mänwe

But six feet long antenna! How very unwieldly for a body size of two centimeters.

That's where the other insects got the notion that it could turn invisible. When they felt something touch them they turned and no one was there! Since six feet is a very long way when you're only 2 centimeters and in the dark, too.

Thanks Child for the info and thanks Manwe for the picture.

shieldmaiden4xsword · 01-10-2007, 02:13 PM

thanx for the info and picture. That's really really really cool!!!!!

creepy to be touched, and then you turn, and there's nothing there. And then you get poked again, and then you turn, and then you see nothing. And then....

makes you get paranoid after awhile.

the guy who be short · 01-11-2007, 11:38 AM

I like some of the logic used behind the names.

Pericompsus bilbo - 'So called because "it was short, fat, and had hairy feet."'

Nice links, all of you. It is remarkable that so many taxonomists, presuming I have not misspelt/misremembered the name of their profession, have such an interest in Tolkien.

Dimturiel · 01-11-2007, 12:54 PM

My, my, we Tolkien fans cannot refrain from referring to his work somehow.

I must confess this really made my day. It is wonderful to see people paying Tolkien such a tribute, and thus showing everyone that they acknowledge his worth.

Rikae · 01-20-2007, 07:15 PM

You'll note, if you look closely at the picture, the chink of light in it's soul. Clearly, with six foot antennae, it has superior balance and would not fall into a volcano unless it harboured an unconscious wish to do so for some reason...

01-10-2007, 02:13 PM	#2
shieldmaiden4xsword Wight Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: where people stick out their tongues at their youth pastor.... Posts: 183	thanx for the info and picture. That's really really really cool!!!!! creepy to be touched, and then you turn, and there's nothing there. And then you get poked again, and then you turn, and then you see nothing. And then.... makes you get paranoid after awhile. __________________ Sometimes the peril is not in what is around us, what enemies or trials that may come, but what is in our own hearts.

01-11-2007, 12:54 PM	#4
Dimturiel Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: May 2005 Location: the road less travelled by Posts: 910	My, my, we Tolkien fans cannot refrain from referring to his work somehow. I must confess this really made my day. It is wonderful to see people paying Tolkien such a tribute, and thus showing everyone that they acknowledge his worth. __________________ Is this the end? No more the hunt, the journey and the goal? That terrifies me most: no more the goal! -Ray Bradbury, Leviathan '99

01-11-2007, 11:38 AM	#3
the guy who be short Shadowed Prince Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Thulcandra Posts: 2,343	I like some of the logic used behind the names. Pericompsus bilbo - 'So called because "it was short, fat, and had hairy feet."' Nice links, all of you. It is remarkable that so many taxonomists, presuming I have not misspelt/misremembered the name of their profession, have such an interest in Tolkien.

01-20-2007, 07:15 PM	#5
Rikae Mellifluous Maia Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: A glade open to the stars, deep in Nan Elmoth Posts: 3,489	You'll note, if you look closely at the picture, the chink of light in it's soul. Clearly, with six foot antennae, it has superior balance and would not fall into a volcano unless it harboured an unconscious wish to do so for some reason...