30 Hornets against 30000 Bees

Admiral Valdemar · Post by **Admiral Valdemar** » 2004-05-10 04:47pm

I'm amazed rabies hasn't been introduced into Australia too, though I believe rabbits are poor carriers of "rage" so to speak.

Ubiquitous · Post by **Ubiquitous** » 2004-05-10 04:50pm

So nothing like a Fox lives in Australia?

Admiral Valdemar · Post by **Admiral Valdemar** » 2004-05-10 04:51pm

ALI_G wrote:So nothing like a Fox lives in Australia?

No, but they do have the rest of the bizarre and highly dangerous organisms out there.

You'd need a hell of a lot of foxes though, that's why a virus worked better even if it's now useless, so they engineered another plan in '96 and released a new virus but I've never really been taught anything on that.

Rye · Post by **Rye** » 2004-05-10 04:57pm

Darth Wong wrote:Behold the tranquil beauty and harmony of Nature. No wonder people think that a benevolent, loving God designed all of this.

Read this. Some excellent stuff on there.

Admiral Valdemar · Post by **Admiral Valdemar** » 2004-05-10 05:03pm

Rye wrote:
Darth Wong wrote:Behold the tranquil beauty and harmony of Nature. No wonder people think that a benevolent, loving God designed all of this.
Read this. Some excellent stuff on there.

I've said it before and I'll say it again; I love that page. So many great potential bioweapons... uh, I mean... drat.

InnerBrat · Post by **InnerBrat** » 2004-05-10 05:57pm

Dalton wrote:
Exmoor Cat wrote:In regard to solving the rabbit population, stop selling Australian lamb and sell this instead -
http://www.fluffybunny.com/recipes.html
For some reason I see a beating in your future.

Dopn;t look at me, man. You approved him...

J · Post by J » 2004-05-10 06:41pm

Dalton wrote:
Exmoor Cat wrote:In regard to solving the rabbit population, stop selling Australian lamb and sell this instead -
http://www.fluffybunny.com/recipes.html
For some reason I see a beating in your future.

Huh? What's wrong? Rabbits actually taste pretty good especially if they're stewed or barbeque'd. A supermarket in my area sells whole bunnies from their meat counter, minus the skin & fur of course. They're pretty delicious, and no they don't taste like chicken.

Admiral Valdemar · Post by **Admiral Valdemar** » 2004-05-10 06:44pm

jmac wrote:
Dalton wrote:
Exmoor Cat wrote:In regard to solving the rabbit population, stop selling Australian lamb and sell this instead -
http://www.fluffybunny.com/recipes.html
For some reason I see a beating in your future.
Huh? What's wrong? Rabbits actually taste pretty good especially if they're stewed or barbeque'd. A supermarket in my area sells whole bunnies from their meat counter, minus the skin & fur of course. They're pretty delicious, and no they don't taste like chicken.

I'd rather just experiment on them and make some super rabbit that can destroy all the other excess rabbits.

Or maybe round them up into one big meat grinder.

Don't get me wrong, rabbits are cute and I've had one as a pet, but there can be too many rabbits.

Laird · Post by **Laird** » 2004-05-10 07:06pm

That was cool!

Defiant · Post by **Defiant** » 2004-05-10 07:09pm

Amusing. If you want to see a real fight, watch a nature program that shows ants invading one of those enourmous African termite mounds. Now that's a fight! I'll see if I can find a clip of that.

Mr Flibble · Post by **Mr Flibble** » 2004-05-10 09:04pm

Admiral Valdemar wrote: No, but they do have the rest of the bizarre and highly dangerous organisms out there.

You'd need a hell of a lot of foxes though, that's why a virus worked better even if it's now useless, so they engineered another plan in '96 and released a new virus but I've never really been taught anything on that.

Actually there are feral foxes in Australia, unfortunately they have a habit of killing the native wildlife.

I think the '96 plan was the calici (sp?) virus. It was accidentally released, before thoroguh testing, but it was successfull in drastically reduced their numbers.

Ubiquitous · Post by **Ubiquitous** » 2004-05-10 09:25pm

Defiant wrote:Amusing. If you want to see a real fight, watch a nature program that shows ants invading one of those enourmous African termite mounds. Now that's a fight! I'll see if I can find a clip of that.

I'm very interested in seeing this ...

My dad was telling me about this programme on National Geographic about Lion's attacking Elephants, and winning!

To be honest I'm not a fan of these nature programmes as when it comes to animals I am a wimp and don't like seeing them torn apart, but there is something about small animals fighting epic battles that perks my imagination...

Crown · Post by **Crown** » 2004-05-11 01:06am

Alyeska wrote:Makes me wonder how African Bees would have faired. They are potentialy nasty enough to make the Hornets leave.

The same way, the African bee is more ferocious in that it pursues the enemies it drives away from the hive for quite some time, than their European cousins. But the key here is that would play exactly into the Hornet's hands.

Crown · Post by **Crown** » 2004-05-11 01:08am

ALI_G wrote:So nothing like a Fox lives in Australia?

Yep, and feral cats which were also introduced. Unfortunately they have found that Australia's native marsupials are easier prey, and as all hunter/scavangers they are creatures of oportunity.

Shroom Man 777 · Post by **Shroom Man 777** » 2004-05-11 02:50am

Why can't the dingodiles take care of the rabbits?

And feral pigs are also nasty, they can eat scores of croc eggs

On topic:

The video was awesome! Hornets rock!!!

Shinova · Post by **Shinova** » 2004-05-11 03:06am

From that web page linked a little above, Sacculina Carcini:

Did anyone else think,

HEADCRABS!!!!!

But seriously, this is the first time I've heard or something that actually takes over another organism's nervous system.

Shroom Man 777 · Post by **Shroom Man 777** » 2004-05-11 03:15am

It's not enough merely to show that an IG system can evolve; the burden of proof rests squarely on the evos to show all of these did evolve. As Dr. Behe convincingly shows using a variety of scripture passages, the default assumption when dealing with biology should be design first, other processes second.

*smacks forehead*

EDIT:

at least some fossils are likely planted by Satan; and finally, there's nothing preventing God from creating an IG system here or there through evolution.

Okay, this site could be a satire of sorts. But fundies and creationists are dumb...sooo...

EDIT2:

Okay, the site IS satire.

Exmoor Cat · Post by **Exmoor Cat** » 2004-05-11 01:11pm

Dalton wrote:
Exmoor Cat wrote:In regard to solving the rabbit population, stop selling Australian lamb and sell this instead -
http://www.fluffybunny.com/recipes.html
For some reason I see a beating in your future.

I'm a cat, Dalton, nine lives, etc, full of wholesome rabbit-stweness.
Perhaps they could corner the global market in cat food.....

*ducks*

Shroom Man 777 · Post by **Shroom Man 777** » 2004-05-11 01:14pm

Hey, if Dalton won't beat cats, I can do it for him. It's a hobbie.

Post by **Dalton** » 2004-05-11 02:09pm

I was, er, referring to IB with that...guess she didn't bite. Ah well

InnerBrat · Post by **InnerBrat** » 2004-05-12 10:45am

Dalton wrote:I was, er, referring to IB with that...guess she didn't bite. Ah well

If I was going to issue a smackdown every time a mna ate something disgusting, I'd never get any work done.

salm · Post by **salm** » 2004-05-12 11:53am

i can´t view the clip.