Random Photo Thread

[clutch-monkey]

i actually saw a cyclist crash because he copped a flying rhino beetle in the face.

[Sledgehammer]

jesus those things fly?! And I thought the occasional june bug to the face was bad...

[clutch-monkey]

in tropical areas where they grow to their maximum size they've been known to shatter windshields..

[Sledgehammer]

guessing it went something like this.

[f6fhellcat13]

Rhinoceros beetles are awesome. I did a report on them in 5th grade, and that is the last time I can remember liking biology.


While we're on the subject of boso awesomeness...

[Commodore GS/E]

While we're on the subject of boso awesomeness...

i guess thats the ultimate king of rice

i know this is old but i love this one


vegetables- bah.


Fat fish, anyone? Tastes delicious.

[LeonOfTheDead]

Rhinoceros beetles are awesome. I did a report on them in 5th grade, and that is the last time I can remember liking biology.

That's it, we are screwed.

A few weeks back we had to fight a caterpillars infestation in our garden. After we managed to get down a pretty big nest from a tall pine, I checked it from a close distance. It was pulsing, like a heart, like if it was alive. That thing was full of worms ready to get out and eat the whole house.

That time we didn't fire the quattro...

[IBrake4Rainbows]

you fought a caterpillar invasion?

What, were they going to turn into moths or something? Caterpillars are awesome! screw your plants, you get butterflies!

[LeonOfTheDead]

you fought a caterpillar invasion?

What, were they going to turn into moths or something? Caterpillars are awesome! screw your plants, you get butterflies!

Not the butterflies-kind of caterpillars. These just eat the tree, then move to the next one. They manage to eat pines as well, so no thanks. Don't know the proper name, we just call them "mother****ing caterpillars".

[cargirl1990]

Ew, a beetle. I hate bugs... I'm an arachnaphobic a bit as well.

[Commodore GS/E]

We got gigantic ant invasions every summer. As well as wasps, hornets, spiders etc. etc.
Our house seems to attract all sorts of insects/ spiders

[Ferrer]

Do you live in the countryside? That may explain it.

[Matra et Alpine]

This is the dramatic moment a British team of scientists had a miraculous escape during an Arctic surveying expedition - when a huge ice crack opened - beneath their tents.

The three member Catlin Arctic Survey is at the North Pole doing an annual survey to assess the effects of climate change - and has narrowly avoided calamity.

The team members Ann Daniels, Martin Hartley and Charlie Paton were camping on the ice pan when it started to break up.

Charlie Paton said: 'We heard a crack, a few bangs and then suddenly the ice started to break apart.

'It all happened very quickly and was unlike anything I've experienced before.'

His colleague Ann Daniels added: 'It happened during breakfast so the tent was full of equipment and our sledges were outside.

'We had to decide quickly which side of the crack we were going to try and stay on and quickly rescue all of the kit to ensure no lasting damage was sustained.'

Luckily nothing was broken in the incident,although the explorers were left a little shaken.

Martin Hartley explained: 'We're at least a week away from resupplying so it would have been disastrous to lose anything at this stage of the expedition.

'In fact the thought of being left without a tent in this extreme environment makes me shiver more than I already am.'

A spokesman for the expedition added: 'This is just another example of the chaotic ice conditions the team has faced since the start of the expedition.

'But they are determined to continue their journey north, collecting the seawater samples vital to scientists understanding of the impact increasing atmospheric CO2 may be having on our oceans.'




Read more: Pictured: Arctic Survey team escape disaster after ice cracks under their tent | Mail Online

[Rockefella]

This is the dramatic moment a British team of scientists had a miraculous escape during an Arctic surveying expedition - when a huge ice crack opened - beneath their tents.

The three member Catlin Arctic Survey is at the North Pole doing an annual survey to assess the effects of climate change - and has narrowly avoided calamity.

The team members Ann Daniels, Martin Hartley and Charlie Paton were camping on the ice pan when it started to break up.

Charlie Paton said: 'We heard a crack, a few bangs and then suddenly the ice started to break apart.

'It all happened very quickly and was unlike anything I've experienced before.'

His colleague Ann Daniels added: 'It happened during breakfast so the tent was full of equipment and our sledges were outside.

'We had to decide quickly which side of the crack we were going to try and stay on and quickly rescue all of the kit to ensure no lasting damage was sustained.'

Luckily nothing was broken in the incident,although the explorers were left a little shaken.

Martin Hartley explained: 'We're at least a week away from resupplying so it would have been disastrous to lose anything at this stage of the expedition.

'In fact the thought of being left without a tent in this extreme environment makes me shiver more than I already am.'

A spokesman for the expedition added: 'This is just another example of the chaotic ice conditions the team has faced since the start of the expedition.

'But they are determined to continue their journey north, collecting the seawater samples vital to scientists understanding of the impact increasing atmospheric CO2 may be having on our oceans.'




Read more: Pictured: Arctic Survey team escape disaster after ice cracks under their tent | Mail Online

I'm calling BS. I may be wrong, but if they're walking around and see an ice crack like this, somebody probably thought to themself, "This would make for one hell of a photo-op and story." I mean.. it's pretty convenient that the picture was taken while the girl is jumping over the crack.

[Commodore GS/E]

Do you live in the countryside? That may explain it.

Yep, i live in an extremely small village near the Thuringian Forest. We see more cows than humans here it's called Zeigerheim (and no one outside of our village knows where this actually is )