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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread rhino catydid #126949 04/04/2004 11:58 PM Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 6,296 Piedmont Region of Virginia, U... Wordwind Carpal Tunnel Wordwind Carpal Tunnel Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 6,296 Piedmont Region of Virginia, U... Just thought you might like to know that there is such a thing. Perhaps our photo hounds might dig up a photo of this insect I heard about on NPR one morning last week. Apparently its articulation dissuades bats from eating it--particularly how its head is articulated. I think it's from Costa Rica. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: rhino catydid #126950 04/05/2004 5:01 AM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 Dear WW: I couldn't find "rhino Katydid", but here's a bunch of pictures of animals. Bill http://animals.mongabay.com/ Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: rhino catydid #126951 04/05/2004 10:25 AM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 There's the rhino beetle: http://funkymunky.co.za/rhinobeetle.jpg Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: rhino catydid #126952 04/05/2004 4:06 PM Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 1,624 Utter Placebo, Planet Reebok Capfka Pooh-Bah Capfka Pooh-Bah Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 1,624 Utter Placebo, Planet Reebok Like most insects, that's one ugly SOB! Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: rhino catydid #126953 04/18/2004 12:52 AM Joined: Jun 2001 Posts: 2,636 Caribbean consuelo Carpal Tunnel consuelo Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2001 Posts: 2,636 Caribbean This is one ugly beast as well. I'm not sure if it's the same kind I encountered in Mexico, I didn't ask for an introduction before I squashed it. It smelled strongly of vinegar, that I do remember! http://members.tripod.com/flipper_onon/images/Petshop/beetles.JPG Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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