DavidE
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Be CAREFUL Or You'll Have One Of These In Your Garden!
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vandy
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A dust mite?
Is this a quiz?
There are lots in your bed!
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BajaLuna
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what are you trying to do give us nightmares, seriously that is a scary little thing! It does look like a mite of some kind.
creepy!
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Leo
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I hope it is a movie prop and not for real.
The grass is always greener....
and so, there is always a better spot in Baja
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BajaBlanca
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soooo ugly.
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DENNIS
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I used to go out with her. She still lives here in Lomas Del Mar. 
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Correcamino
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Looks like a tardigrade (I'm serious):
http://tardigrades.bio.unc.edu/
Si sirve, sirve.
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DavidE
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It is a British artist's rendition of what may be expected when extraterrestrial life is encountered. No lungs, breathes like a roach. This thing does
not "exist".
Be glad, be VERY glad you live on the peninsula. There are places in Mexico and Central America, where a pabellon is placed over the bed to keep
insects from dropping from the ceiling. Bed posts are placed in tins filled with diesel to keep climbing insects from ascending the legs of the bed.
Thought you'd get a kick out of the image. Did I read that the imagined creature was to be more than 7 meters in height?
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DavidE
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Hey Dennis, that'll learn ya to not believe everything that señor Cuervo tells ya.
Are you SURE the is her?
This one looks like it has an on/off button and volume control on the snout...
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Correcamino
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T A R D I G R A D E !
 Don't be tardy or the tardigrade will get you:
http://www.psmicrographs.co.uk/water-bear-or-tardigrade/scie...
Si sirve, sirve.
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BajaRat
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Yep, that's the bugger that got out of the spaceship the other night......
Possible relation to Jaba the Hut.
BTW David, this isn't a artist rendition, this is a Water Bear photographed by Diane Nelson.
The artist rendition is creepy close to a real thing though
[Edited on 8-2-2013 by BajaRat]
[Edited on 8-2-2013 by BajaRat]
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sancho
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They are excellent, put them in a Pressure Cooker,
toss in some Dill Pickles, yum
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Correcamino
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Just trying to give credit where it's due: this is not an illustration but a photograph of a micoscopic animal called a tardigrade or water
bear. They are less than 1.5 mm long, so it would fit in this "o". The photo is by Power and Sayred, British microscopy photographers (hence the
watermark):
Si sirve, sirve.
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BajaRat
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| Quote: | Originally posted by sancho
They are excellent, put them in a Pressure Cooker,
toss in some Dill Pickles, yum |
Perfect David, you just finished making pickles.. hope you saved some
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BajaRat
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Correcamino
Just trying to give credit where it's due: this is not an illustration but a photograph of a micoscopic animal called a tardigrade or water
bear. They are less than 1.5 mm long, so it would fit in this "o". The photo is by Power and Sayred, British microscopy photographers (hence the
watermark):
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Just goes to show life is stranger than fiction  Thanks for the links
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DavidE
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Well so much for "verified links". Mine was copied from the BBC, and sure as heck needed both proper accreditation and clarification never mind
explanation. Thank you. I was taken hook, hee hee, line, hee hee and sinker.
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BajaBlanca
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still ugly one day later.
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durrelllrobert
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| Quote: | Originally posted by BajaBlanca
still ugly one day later. |
only DENNIS knows for sure
Bob Durrell
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Correcamino
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Here's an illustration of a cute version of a tardigrade by Disney:
Si sirve, sirve.
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