Posted on 02/21/2019 5:27:21 PM PST by DUMBGRUNT
The giant bee - which is as long as an adult's thumb - was found on a little-explored Indonesian island.
"It was absolutely breathtaking to see this 'flying bulldog' of an insect that we weren't sure existed anymore, to have real proof right there in front of us in the wild,"
There are currently no legal protections around its trade.
(Excerpt) Read more at bbc.com ...
Soon the neighbor's kid will have one to go with his python!
Great flaming Wolf Spiders!
Killer Bee,
Que The Killer Bees!
XLNT!
Oops! Not about either Hillary or Nancy.
The article shows a bee mounted in a box. Did they kill and mount the only bee they found?
Did they kill and mount the only bee they found?
Well,... They kind of had to kill it, in order to save it.
That and it frightened them, badly.
I once nailed a big bumblebee with a tennis racket. It sure turned into a dot fast. Made a nice “ping” sound.
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And this thread and :
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May possibly meet one or two of your criterion.
Your mileage may vary.
Why is everyone in Mayberry so happy?
Because no one there is married.
I’ve seen Aunt Bea’s photo about 10 times this evening and I laugh each time!!
Nice find!
I’m still looking for an old black and white movie about bees that had accidentally been irradiated.
Peter Graves?
I must have imagined it?
If they don’t have listed below??
https://www.filmsite.org/disasterfilms.html
Nuclear Holocaust Disaster Survival: Five (1951)
Vegetable-Based Alien Organism Found in Arctic: The Thing (From Another World) (1951) - remade in 1982
Aliens With Message of Peace: The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951) - remade in 2008
Otherworldly Alien Visitor: The Man From Planet X (1951)
Threat of Plane Crash: No Highway in the Sky (1951, UK)
Planetary Impact Between Earth and Rogue Planet: When Worlds Collide (1951)
Communist A-Bomb Attack Upon US: Invasion USA (1952)
Civil Unrest After Fake Messages From Russian-Influenced Man About Utopia on Mars: Red Planet Mars (1952)
Red Planet Invasion: Invaders From Mars (1953)
Martian Invaders from H.G. Wells: The War of the Worlds (1953), remade as War of the Worlds (2005)
Amphibious, Fire-breathing Monster Brought to Life by Nuclear Testing: Godzilla: King of the Monsters (1954), and Gojira (1954, Jp.)
The High and the Mighty - 1954Loss of Airplane Engine During Trans-Pacific Flight: The High and the Mighty (1954), a precursor to later airplane disaster films
Alien Crash-Landing in Arizona Desert: It Came From Outer Space (1954)
Radioactive Giant Ants: Them! (1954)
Extra-terrestrials Kidnap American Scientists: This Island Earth (1955)
Survival After a Nuclear Attack: Day the World Ended (1956), remade as In the Year 2889 (1966)
Malevolent Pod-Creatures Take Over Human Bodies: Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956) - remade in 1978, 1993 and 2007
Giant Pterodactyl On the Loose: Rodan (1956, Jp.)
Alien Invasion and Attack by Flying Saucer-Spacecraft: Earth vs. The Flying Saucers (1956)
Giant Carnivorous Praying Mantis: The Deadly Mantis (1957)
Alien Meteorites Grew (When Exposed to Water) and Caused Human Petrification: The Monolith Monsters (1957)
Major Quakes Impending - Caused by Strange Killer Rock (Element 112): The Night the World Exploded (1957)
Murderous Stowaway Life Form on Manned Mission to Mars: It! The Terror From Beyond Space (1958)
Imperiled Ocean Liner: A Night to Remember (1958), a documentary-like chronicling of the Titanic disaster when the ocean vessel hit an iceberg
End-of-World Tale - Meteors On Collision Course With Earth: The Day the Sky Exploded (1958, Fr/It.)
Post-Apocalyptic Tribal Society: Teenage Cave Man (1958)
Giant Texan Lizards: The Giant Gila Monster (1959)
Survivors of Nuclear Devastation (WWIII) Awaiting End in Australia, As Radiation Drifted South: On the Beach (1959)
Sole Survivors in a World Decimated by Radioactive Cloud: The World, The Flesh, and the Devil (1959)
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