tvashtarkatena Posted January 28, 2013 Share Posted January 28, 2013 Dung beetles navigate using the Milky Way Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ivan Posted January 28, 2013 Share Posted January 28, 2013 i prefer to shit in total darkness Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevbone Posted January 28, 2013 Share Posted January 28, 2013 Dung beetles navigate using the Milky Way    hahahaha.....and you make fun of me for not believing our government about 9/11. Nutjob baby. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rob Posted January 28, 2013 Share Posted January 28, 2013 Dung beetles navigate using the Milky Way    hahahaha.....and you make fun of me for not believing our government about 9/11. Nutjob baby.   Kevbone hates science Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crux Posted January 29, 2013 Share Posted January 29, 2013 Â ...but he can see the Milky Way! Â Â Â Â Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
genepires Posted January 29, 2013 Share Posted January 29, 2013 Dung beetles navigate using the Milky Way    hahahaha.....and you make fun of me for not believing our government about 9/11. Nutjob baby.  scientific facts vs conspiracy theories. easy to pick which is the better and you call Tvash a nutjob baby? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rob Posted January 29, 2013 Share Posted January 29, 2013 Have any of you even SEEN the milky way? Your data is no better than mine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tvashtarkatena Posted January 29, 2013 Author Share Posted January 29, 2013 (edited) I get a kick out of the quiet little spirits that go about their day, completely unaware of the existence of their primate overlords. Dung beetles are a fave. Â White rhinos mark the corners of their territories with huge dung piles up to 20 feet across. These sprawling heaps are O'hare Internationals for dung beetles, who take off smoothly but seem to have no landing strategy other than to crash and roll at full speed into the soft, aromatic goodness, hopefully not hitting another dung beetle as it rolls its ball of treasure to some undisclosed location. Â It's pretty entertaining. Even more so when a rhino shows up to make a deposit. Â The idea that these cool little creatures (very cool looking, too) subsist on the poo of an animal thousands of times larger than they are, and navigate using light that is thousands of years old, is wonderful to me, but hey, I'll admit, I'm easily amused. Â Dung beetles also use the sun and the moon to orient themselves - opting for the Milky Way only when neither is available. They can't see individual stars, but they can discern bright sources and broad swaths of light. Researchers put various filtering helmets on them to determine this. Â White rhinos occasionally must cross another's territory. They must ask permission to do so, then they are escorted across by their host. If they attempt to cross without this courtesy, a fight ensues. Neighbors often hang out together - each just a few feet within their polydung shaped turf. Â And so it goes... Edited January 29, 2013 by tvashtarkatena Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KaskadskyjKozak Posted January 29, 2013 Share Posted January 29, 2013 Have any of you even SEEN the milky way? Your data is no better than mine. Â don't believe everything you see! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rob Posted January 29, 2013 Share Posted January 29, 2013 I'm going to start ringing my property with poo. My neighbor and I can chat near the border. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tvashtarkatena Posted January 29, 2013 Author Share Posted January 29, 2013 No home protection firearms required. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
denalidave Posted January 29, 2013 Share Posted January 29, 2013 I'm going to start ringing my property with poo. My neighbor and I can chat near the border. It will be just like your online interweb persona where your fecal deposits pile almost as high as the Milky Way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KaskadskyjKozak Posted January 29, 2013 Share Posted January 29, 2013 I'm going to start ringing my property with poo. My neighbor and I can chat near the border. It will be just like your online interweb persona where your fecal deposits pile almost as high as the Milky Way. Â Evidently, rob really like dung beetles. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tvashtarkatena Posted January 29, 2013 Author Share Posted January 29, 2013 (edited) Never give up hope, DD: Â The Man With The Smallest Penis: Episode 3 Edited January 29, 2013 by tvashtarkatena Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tvashtarkatena Posted January 29, 2013 Author Share Posted January 29, 2013 And what poo thread would be complete without: Â [video:youtube]kG349-dPjSE Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rob Posted January 29, 2013 Share Posted January 29, 2013 I'm going to start ringing my property with poo. My neighbor and I can chat near the border. It will be just like your online interweb persona where your fecal deposits pile almost as high as the Milky Way. Â awww I must have hurt your feelings at some point. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ivan Posted January 29, 2013 Share Posted January 29, 2013 And what poo thread would be complete without:Â [video:youtube]kG349-dPjSE i'm shocked you would think that mr. hanky doesn't deserve a seat around the bowl Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tvashtarkatena Posted January 29, 2013 Author Share Posted January 29, 2013 You know, we haven't had a good poo thread in a while. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ivan Posted January 29, 2013 Share Posted January 29, 2013 i don't understand why mr hankey isn't constatly smoking... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tvashtarkatena Posted January 29, 2013 Author Share Posted January 29, 2013 I hate that little Christmas poo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rob Posted January 29, 2013 Share Posted January 29, 2013 I hate that little Christmas poo. Â But he loves me and I love you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
denalidave Posted January 29, 2013 Share Posted January 29, 2013 I'm going to start ringing my property with poo. My neighbor and I can chat near the border. It will be just like your online interweb persona where your fecal deposits pile almost as high as the Milky Way. Â awww I must have hurt your feelings at some point. Nah, just an observation that yer one of the most crochety, jaded posters here... It's all good in da hood. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ivan Posted January 29, 2013 Share Posted January 29, 2013 I hate that little Christmas poo. which is no doubt why he so often denies you his chocolaty goodness before setting off on your adventures in the morning Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tvashtarkatena Posted January 29, 2013 Author Share Posted January 29, 2013 At home I'm as regular as a Nazi choo choo. Why, Lord, why? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
denalidave Posted January 29, 2013 Share Posted January 29, 2013 I hate that little Christmas poo. which is no doubt why he so often denies you his chocolaty goodness before setting off on your adventures in the morning Break out the oatmeal, coffee & a bowl and yer bowels will be singing "urgent, urgent, emergency" better than Foreigner... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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