Biggest Insect in world eats carrots like a rabbit

oulton · 2 Dec 2011 at 22:53

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/wi...iggest-insect-is-so-huge-it-eats-carrots.html

mental :eek:

Craig321 · 2 Dec 2011 at 22:57

yuck

Nitefly · 2 Dec 2011 at 22:58

Reminds me of my ex-girlfriend.

Morgoth · 2 Dec 2011 at 23:18

It looks kinda cute! :3

[TW]Sponge · 2 Dec 2011 at 23:21

Morgoth said:
It looks kinda cute! :3

lolwut!

Does look awesome though.

Sneaky Peaky · 2 Dec 2011 at 23:22

Now I'd pay money to see Freddie Starr eat one of those alive on I'm a Celeb..

cm1179 · 2 Dec 2011 at 23:28

if one of these ran towards me like this

i would run too!

Glaucus · 2 Dec 2011 at 23:29

It's a bugs life

Also think it has that cute look to it. Typical cartoon pose.

Lycosa · 2 Dec 2011 at 23:34

7 inch wing span, rather impressive for a wingless insect.

Glaucus · 2 Dec 2011 at 23:38

Lycosa said:
7 inch wing span, rather impressive for a wingless insect.

Very good point, thought that it may just be flightless. But no, wets have no wings. Great media like always.

slade · 2 Dec 2011 at 23:45

Wow.... I was expecting something awful. It's only a giant Weta... ive held one of those, they're really placid.

Philtor · 3 Dec 2011 at 00:48

"She would have finished the carrot very quickly, but this is an extremely endangered species and we didn't want to risk indigestion".

I just puked at the sight of 'her' never mind her getting indigestion!

G18241 · 3 Dec 2011 at 00:53

Awwwww i want one

Angilion · 3 Dec 2011 at 01:29

Oddly, I find them less unsettling than smaller insects. They're big enough to be pets.

How big could an insect get on Earth today? I vaguely recall it being something to do with air pressure and oxygen content for spiders (I idly wondered one day if D&D-style giant spiders were even possible

) - is it the same for insects?

Anewbe4u · 3 Dec 2011 at 01:50

I guess I'm the only one terrified by that then

Cosimo · 3 Dec 2011 at 08:48

G18241 said:
Awwwww i want one

I want two.