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New Order of Insect Found
dumfrac writes "A bug thought to have died out 40-million years ago is alive and well in southern Africa. It's aggressive, carnivorous, and some call it "the gladiator". And it's so unlike anything else that it represents not just a new species, but a new order. Check out the rest of the article at IOL or do a Google search for "Mantophasmatodea" which is the name of the new order."
Although class insecta has over 1000 identified species, they are still just a bunch of bugs.
How ya like dat?
this was reported on several months ago here let the flaming begin!
Keep your packets off my GNU/Girlfriend!
Does this mean there's still a chance for the dodo? I really want one.
click HERE for more info from Nature on this bug. Apparently it's related to the praying mantis, which is by far the coolest bug ever :-)
The insect has been nicknamed 'Gladiator', mostly because its exoskeleton resembles armor, and partly because it is predatory and feeds on other insects. Physically, it can be described as a cross between a stick insect and a praying mantis.
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Or just a nasty bug that was waiting to be discovered?
You are being MICROattacked, from various angles, in a SOFT manner.
A new bug, and it's not in Windows? Wait, what is this site and what has it done with the real Slashdot?
the team has published a description of two species.
Three or four more await description
They are all ugly. Next?
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Bugtraq would be more appropriate
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Before we can act on your bug report, "new class of bug" we need a reproducable testcase. You did not indicate in your email what operating system you were running and what revision of "World" software you were using when you discovered this bug. If this bug is only observed once every 50 years, it will be difficult for us to track down and remove the bug in time for the next release of "world", hence the request for a repeatable testcase so that we may observe the bug for ourselves, and attach a debugger. Also, please indicate if this bug results in a system down, or if there is a work around for this bug.
Ross Youngblood
New order software company found.
"A company thought to have died out 40-million years ago is alive and well in southern Africa. It's aggressive, carnivorous, and some call it "the gladiator". And it's so unlike anything else that it represents not just a new species, but a new order. Check out the rest of the article at IOL or do a Google search for "Microphasoftodea" which is the name of the new order."
Look out Microsoft, you have prehistoric competition.
Ok, sorry. Lame joke. I just saw the phrase "New Order" and it gave me the creeps, so I thought of Hitler and Bush's "New World Order" and of course, Microsoft.
If voting were effective, it would be illegal by now.
Is it too much to ask for?
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Can't we all just get a link.
Don't you know how hard it is for me to double click "Mantophasmatodea", open a new tab, middle click it in my google box, and press enter... Think about the people you are affecting when making such decissions in a
Marques Johansson
Anyway, did anyone else find the preoccupation with this insect's mating behavior disturbing? i mean here's an entirely new order of insects, do they talk about what they eat (other than that they're carnivorous), how long they live for, some evolutionary history, where exactly it is that they live, etc, etc. They don't even talk about how many offspring they have after all that mating... Note to boot: cannabalism isn't even uncommon after mating in the arthropod world (although the nutrient thing was interesting, although lacking details)..
"Bunch of inbred trailer trash... all they ever talk about is fuckin'." -Old guy from Green Mile
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With a few exceptions, secrecy is deeply incompatible with democracy and with science. --Carl Sagan
It is LIKE the mantis, in that the female eats the male after mating (for 3-5 days.) But I wouldn't say its RELATED. From the article that you linked to:"The Mantophasmatodea's relation to other insects is uncertain. Klass and his colleagues suspect that they are closest to the stick insects and a small group called the Grylloblattodea, found on mountaintops in North America and Asia. Grylloblattodea was the last new order discovered, in 1914."
Its a whole new order of bug, so it isn't very related to anything really. Kind of like cats and dogs, right?
Don't moderate flamebait as Troll. Know the difference or you will be Meta-moderated.
Alternatively, search the Science section of Slashdot to find the last time this was posted.
I'm sure I just saw that cat...
and the female eats the male after days of mating.
Us humans have something similar: Alimony
Table-ized A.I.
It's a FEATURE!!
Thank you.
Bill Gates
start life, grow up, think & do nothing but sex, and ultimately die... What new order is this? All animals do that :-)
The best weapon of a dictatorship is secrecy, but the best weapon of a democracy should be the weapon of openness.
If you look closely, you will see that these bugs are perched on what looks like a mature opium poppy. Of COURSE they are mating for several days! Of COURSE after a few days of sex, the female gets hungry enough to eat the male! I would like to see how these bugs act when they are not slurping up raw opium. I bet they just grouse at each other and fight over the remote, like all other straight fauna.
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