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Giant Insect Invades Germany

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the our-thrip-overlords dept.

Noryungi writes, "It seems the alien invasion of the Earth has just started! A 50-meter insect has been spotted roaming the German countryside! Let the 'I, for one, welcome our new giant insectoid overlords' joke contest begin!" A moderator at a Keyhole forum IDs the bug as a thrip, about 1mm long, squished under a glass plate during scanning.

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  1. bug.. by rojebrio · · Score: 0, Redundant

    There seems to be a "bug" in the Google Maps software..

  2. Can anybody explain this one by tizan · · Score: 1, Redundant

    http://maps.google.com/maps?ie=UTF8&z=19&ll=42.349 616,-71.072268&spn=0.001399,0.003712&t=h&om=1/ Please note the shadow of the trees underneath (hence you can guess where the sun is) and the image of the plane seems to be above the plane....I'm a bit baffled to explain this by simple optics.

  3. Germans subpoena Google by solafide · · Score: 0, Redundant
    The German government is threatening subpoenaing Google. The Germans want to know when Google spotted this great bug so that they may wage war on it. 3 battalions of the world-famous German army have been dispatched to the area, but the Germans desire Google to tell them when they caught the bug on camera, so that they know how far it may have fled and thus how much area they must search to find this.

    ;)