Mary’s Monday Metazoan: A small perspective on rain

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   ManOutOfTime

   26 December 2011 at 10:50 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment

   What a beautiful photograph. Life is tough for little guys like that! Hang in there!

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   ManOutOfTime

   26 December 2011 at 10:51 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment

   Which makes me realize that’s a better “hang in there” image than those kitsch posters with a car or a chimp.

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   Glen Davidson

   26 December 2011 at 11:01 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment

   I whip my wings back and forth.

   Glen Davidson

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   Dick the Damned

   26 December 2011 at 11:11 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment

   Is the dragonfly trying to throttle a stick insect?

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   firefly

   26 December 2011 at 11:21 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment

   What a fantastic shot!

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   a3kr0n

   26 December 2011 at 12:02 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment

   Definitely award winning.

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   yellowsubmarine

   26 December 2011 at 1:43 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment

   It’s like he’s standing in a tiny meteor shower. I’m glad to be big.

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   Marcus Ranum

   26 December 2011 at 1:46 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment

   There’s an awesome movie (I’m forgetting it’s name, now) about life in a pasture or meadow – something like that – which has this awesome scene where it starts raining hard and you see all the bugs getting slammed around by these giant car-sized globs of water… It’s not one of the Attenborough films, I don’t think, but it’s comparably good.

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   matthewenglund

   26 December 2011 at 2:03 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment

   Looks like Occupy Twig to me :-)

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    Dick the Damned

    26 December 2011 at 2:16 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment

    Marcus, i saw that too. The dragonfly was described as the ruthless killer of all insects that got in its way. It was very good natural history, as you say, on a par with DA.

    That’s why i tried to make a joke of it throttling a stick insect.

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    Markita Lynda, happy Winter Solstice, everyone!

    26 December 2011 at 2:17 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment

    I wonder where that is–I never see dragonflies with orange wings.

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    Markita Lynda, happy Winter Solstice, everyone!

    26 December 2011 at 2:18 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment

    It eats to live: why should it have sympathy for its mosquito meals?

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    Glen Davidson

    26 December 2011 at 2:23 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment

    It eats to live: why should it have sympathy for its mosquito meals?

    Especially, why should we?

    Not that the mosquito “should” have sympathy for us, either, but even parasites likely view their own parasites as loathsome (at least reasonably smart ones, like vampire bats).

    Glen Davidson

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    Marcus Ranum

    26 December 2011 at 2:27 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment

    Ah, the movie I was referring to is “Microcosmos” — I highly recommend it.

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    feralboy12

    26 December 2011 at 2:30 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment

    There’s an awesome movie (I’m forgetting it’s name, now) about life in a pasture or meadow

    Microcosmos, perhaps?

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    feralboy12

    26 December 2011 at 2:32 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment

    Ah, too late, I see.
    Fine movie, though. I particularly liked the dung beetle sequence.

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    jasonmcdonald

    26 December 2011 at 2:55 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment

    Well aright. Sun-showers are the only way Im aware of to get this shot. I’m amazed/skeptical that the rain was so dense. Personally I would have staged this on a sunny day with a sprinkler ;)

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    AussieMike

    26 December 2011 at 9:39 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment

    Hold on Marge, it’s just a brief shower!! Marge????…….