They're insects (edit: or not - are arachnids insects? Do I care? They're bugs, damnit!)
I *know* you don't care, but no. Arachnids are not insects.
Here is your cup of coffee. Brewed from the finest Colombian lighter fluid.
Xander ,'Chosen'
F2F 2: Is there anybody here that hasn't slept together?
Plan what to do, what to wear (you can never go wrong with a corset), and get ready for the next BuffistaCon: New Orleans! May 20-22, 2005!
Sean K - Jun 03, 2004 1:27:28 pm PDT #4969 of 9999
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
NoiseDesign - Jun 03, 2004 1:30:11 pm PDT #4970 of 9999
Our wings are not tired
Yeah, he was doing pretty well on tips. I tossed a buck in the tip jar for every drink I had.
deborah grabien - Jun 03, 2004 1:32:54 pm PDT #4971 of 9999
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.
Heh. Sean, that's why I edited. I know they aren't insects.
In my eyes, however? They're BUGS.
And bugs do not eat birds. That's backassward.
Atropa - Jun 03, 2004 1:35:16 pm PDT #4972 of 9999
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
I may be alone in thinking that at that size they start to look kind of cuddly.
Gah! Gah! Not cuddly! Gah! Must die a firey death, far away from me! Gah!
JenP - Jun 03, 2004 1:35:20 pm PDT #4973 of 9999
I think I spent about $25 at the bar.
Maybe that's the number for how far above the minimum we went?
That sounds more like it.
Susan W. - Jun 03, 2004 1:37:24 pm PDT #4974 of 9999
Good Trouble and Righteous Fights
There are spiders that can eat BIRDS?
That's just wrong. Things with exoskeletons shouldn't be able to devour things with endoskeletons (is that a word?). It's against Nature and violates the Circle of Life. Wrong like a wrong thing.
(And now watch billytea cite a dozen examples where it happens.)
Sean K - Jun 03, 2004 1:40:18 pm PDT #4975 of 9999
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
endoskeletons (is that a word?)
Yes.
deborah grabien - Jun 03, 2004 1:56:07 pm PDT #4976 of 9999
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.
Susan is so much me today that I think we've discovered a part of us that was separated at birth.
Things with eight legs and chitin on them should not hunt and eat mammals. That's the stuff of nightmare.
Steph L. - Jun 03, 2004 1:59:35 pm PDT #4977 of 9999
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
That's the stuff of nightmare.
Though kind of funny, in a mouse-that-roared sense.
I saw a bird chasing a cicada today -- while both were flying. It was the funniest damn thing I've seen in a long time.
NoiseDesign - Jun 03, 2004 2:01:32 pm PDT #4978 of 9999
Our wings are not tired
The big thing we had growing up (Well, in addition to tarantulas and scorpions) was Diamondback Rattlesnakes. Those can be quite deadly. As a kid I stumbled across a nest with baby rattlers in the garage one year. Crazy stuff.