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New Order of Insect Found

Posted by michael on from the raid-still-kills-it dept.

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."

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  1. Security through obscurity? by SpaceLifeForm · · Score: 4, Funny

    Or just a nasty bug that was waiting to be discovered?

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  2. Re:oh please, oh please by Alsee · · Score: 3, Funny

    Does this mean there's still a chance for the dodo? I really want one.

    Will Jack Valenti do?

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  3. My contribution to science. by Alsee · · Score: 4, Funny

    the team has published a description of two species.
    Three or four more await description

    They are all ugly. Next?

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  4. I think slashdot is the wrong forum for this by Treeluvinhippy · · Score: 5, Funny

    Bugtraq would be more appropriate

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  5. Please Submit a testcase. by rossy · · Score: 2, Funny

    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.

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