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German Scientist Discovers New Insect Order

Posted by timothy on from the cannibalism-rocks dept.

iphayd writes: "An entomologist in Germany has discovered the first species in a new order of insects. National Geographic News has a story here. The new species, called 'the gladiator,' is a 'cross between a stick insect, a mantid, and a grasshopper.'"

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  1. Food? by 0xB · · Score: 2, Funny


    Are they poisonous? Do they taste nice?

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    0xB
  2. What are we -- blind? by psychopoet · · Score: 2, Funny

    These things are up to 4 cm long and we just discovered them! These things are hardly microscopic. Who knows -- maybe there are mastodons living in rock crevices somewhere, and we're too moronic to find them.

    On the plus side, I wonder if these things might make good pets, cleaning up all those icky spiders in our houses . . . but do they bite!? Maybe it's a good thing these things don't live all over the face of the Earth.