Wetas on the black market

[Vulcanon]

apprently wetas are being smuggled out of New Zealand...

http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,2690728a7693,00.html

[Vulcanon]

oh yeah, for all those that don't know what a weta is....
http://www.mazdamp3.com/members/Vulcanon/giant_weta.jpg

and assuming they become a pet...you'll probably see them out in the wild eventually because little timmy let his run free....

[KYREDP5]

Damn. Imagine one of those hitting your windsheild at 80+ mph.

[KYMP5]

Damn. Imagine one of those hitting your windsheild at 80+ mph.

yea, that would suck

[KYREDP5]

*SPLAT* I think I would probably shit myself.

[KYMP5]

as would i.

[shackmgr6073]

Is that just an overgrown grasshopper???

[StarvingRussian]

thats one ugly mother fucker

[Vulcanon]

bascially New zealand has very few indigenous mammals (only 6 types of bats total) so these insects take over their normal rolls. A weta can be compared to a rat or mouse in the ecosystem

[2K3 MSP]

I would shit my pants if I saw one of those walking across my kitchen floor someday. That is disgusting!!

[Stealth5]

jesus those are scary.

[Black Majik MSP]

I've got the perfect solution...


















http://www.ci.redding.ca.us/convcenter/gallagher.jpg

[Stealth5]

eww, no, if you hit it with a hammer it will get all over you, i definitly dont want 10inch long bug legs with those scary fishhook things on them all over me

[Black Majik MSP]

If you're afraid of touching it, make sure you never take a survival course. They teach you that you can eat grasshoppers if you have nothing else.

[Stealth5]

im not afraid of grasshoppers in general, just huge mutant ones

[derrick1623]

Originally posted by Stealth5
im not afraid of grasshoppers in general, just huge mutant ones

so true!!!

[loj68]

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[Logan]

Imagine those things breeding in North America.... They could take over the world.

[LinuxRacr]

Aww HELL NAWL!!

[clownphish]

Originally posted by Logan
Imagine those things breeding in North America.... They could take over the world.

Yeah, they could live in the Kudzu all over the east coast. :p

Heh, when I read "weta" I was thinking of the workshop that made all the props and stuff for the Lord of the Rings movies. :D That is until I saw that THING!!! And I thought I saw some big hoppers growing up in Colorado! Booyah!

[Vulcanon]

I'd get one as a pet, It'd only take me a year to stop having the heebie jeebies around it

[t3ase]

Is that a grasshopper or a cricket?

[PaulMP3]

that thing is crazy

[Allen]

Uhhh... that is one scary bug. Did that come out of the MIB/MIB2 movies? If it can be compared to a rat/mouse in the ecosystem, does that mean it's a nuisance/pest? Does it move fast? Those hind legs look like they can poke an eye out. What kind of environment does it survive under? Does it make any annoying noises like the crickets? What a gross looking fish bait....

[Vulcanon]

Originally posted by Allen
Uhhh... that is one scary bug. Did that come out of the MIB/MIB2 movies? If it can be compared to a rat/mouse in the ecosystem, does that mean it's a nuisance/pest? Does it move fast? Those hind legs look like they can poke an eye out. What kind of environment does it survive under? Does it make any annoying noises like the crickets? What a gross looking fish bait....

http://www.terranature.org/gigantism.htm ^_~