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Title: What a weta!
Post by: vaskidmark on August 12, 2013, 02:11:40 PM: http://tinyurl.com/75nl42z

"What's up, doc?" in a tinny mechanical voice?

Thank $diety it's confined to a small island off New Zealand.

Firehand at http://elmtreeforge.blogspot.com/2013/08/how-often-do-you-see-bug.html asks if .22LR would be enough. Based on several sci-fi films I watched as a youngster I'd say lifting off and nuking it from orbit may not be sufficient.

stay safe.
Title: Re: What a weta!
Post by: charby on August 12, 2013, 02:14:11 PM: I think it would be cool to see one, since they have almost been driven to extinction by activities of man.
Title: Re: What a weta!
Post by: Harold Tuttle on August 12, 2013, 02:48:23 PM: I see Mark's story is making the rounds again, last time when this was "printed",
He got a call from the game commissioners asking about the facts presented in the tale.

HINT

its mostly all a trolling UK Telegraph lie to garner more web hits.

I keep telling Mark we need a captive breeding program where we can raise them for size and disposition
Title: Re: What a weta!
Post by: Jocassee on August 12, 2013, 02:56:19 PM: All I want to know if is the picture is real and if the perspective is as it seems. Everything else is secondary
Title: Re: What a weta!
Post by: Harold Tuttle on August 12, 2013, 03:00:17 PM: yep dats a bull weta
Title: Re: What a weta!
Post by: Jocassee on August 12, 2013, 04:04:26 PM: Wonder what it tastes like.
Title: Re: What a weta!
Post by: Regolith on August 12, 2013, 04:28:07 PM: Quote from: Jocassee on August 12, 2013, 04:04:26 PM
Wonder what it tastes like.

Chicken.
Title: Re: What a weta!
Post by: lee n. field on August 12, 2013, 04:55:11 PM: Quote from: Regolith on August 12, 2013, 04:28:07 PM
Chicken.

Narn.
Title: Re: What a weta!
Post by: charby on August 12, 2013, 04:57:36 PM: Quote from: Jocassee on August 12, 2013, 04:04:26 PM
Wonder what it tastes like.

chitin with sour goo sauce
Title: Re: What a weta!
Post by: Harold Tuttle on August 12, 2013, 05:03:24 PM: shrimp
Title: Re: What a weta!
Post by: Balog on August 13, 2013, 06:28:48 PM: Quote from: Harold Tuttle on August 12, 2013, 02:48:23 PM
I see Mark's story is making the rounds again, last time when this was "printed",
He got a call from the game commissioners asking about the facts presented in the tale.

HINT

its mostly all a trolling UK Telegraph lie to garner more web hits.

I keep telling Mark we need a captive breeding program where we can raise them for size and disposition

Interesting, what is inaccurate about the story?
Title: Re: What a weta!
Post by: Harold Tuttle on August 13, 2013, 11:55:33 PM: easier to tell the accurate part

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Barrier_Island_giant_weta

Mark is a photographer and naturalist, not a former game warden
He's from New York, the picture was from 1991.

http://www.doctorbugs.com/The_Weta.html