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Message no. 1
From: mattness@**.pl (mattness@**.pl)
Subject: New critter
Date: Wed, 26 Jul 2006 01:15:09 +0200
If you're afraid of insects, don't check the link below.
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http://www.metacafe.com/watch/157649/worm_eats_mouse/

Is it some unknown speciement from Bug City?

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Message no. 2
From: zmjett@***.net (zmjett@***.net)
Subject: New critter
Date: Wed, 26 Jul 2006 04:22:09 -0400
mattness@**.pl wrote:

>If you're afraid of insects, don't check the link below.
>...
>...
>...
>http://www.metacafe.com/watch/157649/worm_eats_mouse/
>
>Is it some unknown speciement from Bug City?
>
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>mattness@**.pl
>http://shadowrun.rpg.pl
>http://cybernum.prv.pl
>gg:4976496
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>
>
Yep. My nightmares now have a new main lead. *retches* One of these days
I'll learn not to click these things...

--VMis.
Message no. 3
From: ceadawg@*****.com (Russ Myrick)
Subject: New critter
Date: Wed, 26 Jul 2006 10:35:20 -0500
On 7/26/06, zmjett@***.net <zmjett@***.net> wrote:
>
> mattness@**.pl wrote:
>
> >If you're afraid of insects, don't check the link below.
> >...
> >...
> >...
> >http://www.metacafe.com/watch/157649/worm_eats_mouse/
> >
> >Is it some unknown speciement from Bug City?
> >



This is nothing. based upon the way the video is clipped, I'd guess it took
the 'pede a good four hours to chew the head off. A few years ago, I took a
class on jungle survival. There were several videos on various critters and
plants to avoid. One of which is a Polenesian (sp?) snail, the slime trail
it leaves is made from it's digestive fluid. It's very corrosive. The
average size of these runs about 700 - 1000gms, and they move in herds of 20
- 50 snails.

My father told me about these beasties from when he was a Marine stationed
there at the end of the Korean war. According to him, his unit was camped
on a beach, and one private refused to sleep under his rain poncho. One of
the snails crawled across his face and killed the kid. I didn't believe
him, until I saw the video. That slim will eat through a pot bellied pig in
about 30 minutes. It will also do some serious damage to your equipment,
webgear, weapons, ammo (C4 ignites when it comes into contact with this
slime), even those heavy rubber ponchos they used to have back then.
Seawater is what our instructor told us to use for neutralizing the effects
of the slime. My suggestion is to stay with in a 100m of the surf or fill
an extra camel with seawater before going inland.

I wouldn't be surprised if the SE Asian or Asian jungles don't have a slug
or two with similar properties.


CeaDawg
Message no. 4
From: swiftone@********.org (Brett Sanger)
Subject: New critter
Date: Wed, 26 Jul 2006 12:02:05 -0400
On 7/26/06, Russ Myrick <ceadawg@*****.com> wrote:
> plants to avoid. One of which is a Polenesian (sp?) snail, the slime trail
> it leaves is made from it's digestive fluid. It's very corrosive. The

Can anyone dig up any data on this? My google searches returned only
a massive collections of words.txt and/or D&D monster writeups.

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Brett Sanger / SwiftOne
swiftone@********.org
Message no. 5
From: davek@***.lonestar.org (David Kettler)
Subject: New critter
Date: Wed, 26 Jul 2006 17:14:57 +0000
On Wed, Jul 26, 2006 at 10:35:20AM -0500, Russ Myrick wrote:
>
> This is nothing. based upon the way the video is clipped, I'd guess it took
> the 'pede a good four hours to chew the head off. A few years ago, I took a
> class on jungle survival. There were several videos on various critters and
> plants to avoid. One of which is a Polenesian (sp?) snail, the slime trail
> it leaves is made from it's digestive fluid. It's very corrosive. The
> average size of these runs about 700 - 1000gms, and they move in herds of 20
> - 50 snails.
>

Since this seems to have turned into a discussion of nasty real life critters, are you
folks familiar with the siafu ants in Africa? While not poisonous, they live in truly
enormous colonies (up to 22 million ants in a colony reported) and will swarm just about
anything that moves. They will attack humans if given the chance, though they prefer to
go after those who can't defend themselves (infants, etc). The bigger ones will tear
holes in your skin with their jaws and then the smaller ones can climb in and literally
eat you from the inside out. When they attack something the only thing left behind is
bone. Scary stuff.

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Dave Kettler
davek@***.lonestar.org
SDF Public Access UNIX System - http://sdf.lonestar.org
Message no. 6
From: bulletraven@***********.com (Peter Mellett)
Subject: New critter
Date: Wed, 26 Jul 2006 23:49:27 +0100
David Kettler wrote:
> On Wed, Jul 26, 2006 at 10:35:20AM -0500, Russ Myrick wrote:
>
>> This is nothing. based upon the way the video is clipped, I'd guess it took
>> the 'pede a good four hours to chew the head off. A few years ago, I took a
>> class on jungle survival. There were several videos on various critters and
>> plants to avoid. One of which is a Polenesian (sp?) snail, the slime trail
>> it leaves is made from it's digestive fluid. It's very corrosive. The
>> average size of these runs about 700 - 1000gms, and they move in herds of 20
>> - 50 snails.
>>
>>
>
> Since this seems to have turned into a discussion of nasty real life critters, are
you folks familiar with the siafu ants in Africa? While not poisonous, they live in truly
enormous colonies (up to 22 million ants in a colony reported) and will swarm just about
anything that moves. They will attack humans if given the chance, though they prefer to
go after those who can't defend themselves (infants, etc). The bigger ones will tear
holes in your skin with their jaws and then the smaller ones can climb in and literally
eat you from the inside out. When they attack something the only thing left behind is
bone. Scary stuff.
>
>
This is just the thing to make me want to run lots of Aztechnology games :/

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