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Gigantic Bugs in Southern California

Posted by michael on from the black-flag-stock-skyrockets dept.

SloppyElvis writes "...and this time, Silicon Valley didn't create them. ;P CNN picked up this AP story about new species discovered in S.Cal. The most suprising news is this discovery came in such a densely-populated area. Beware, monstrous unknown creatures may be lurking in your backyard!"

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  1. hmm.. by hari · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I wonder if the timing of the news relates to the recent protest against dune buggies and other desert games.

  2. Yikkes! by catseye · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Jeepers, those things are huge. And really ugly. I'm suddenly reminded of why living in a northern climate isn't such a bad thing -- winter kill prevents giant beasties like this from (hopefully) taking residence.

    I can't imagine they have many natural enemies (other than coyotes, as mentioned in the article) -- I know I definitely wouldn't want to see the spider big enough to eat one of those monsters. I wonder what has kept their population from exploding like with most insects?

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