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Title: Beetle's days are numbered...
Post by: Ripsnort on June 21, 2006, 10:46:55 AM
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/5100950.stm

:huh
Title: Beetle's days are numbered...
Post by: Yeager on June 21, 2006, 10:58:53 AM
Hey!  I just killed something that looked like that!

:cry
Title: Beetle's days are numbered...
Post by: lukster on June 21, 2006, 11:53:59 AM
Why all the angst over endangered species? Don't these people believe in evolution? What would this world be like if every species that ever exisited and perhaps evolved into another were kept around?
Title: Beetle's days are numbered...
Post by: Curval on June 21, 2006, 12:21:04 PM
"Conservationists say beetles play a unique and vital role in the planet's ecosystems, including burying the corpses of dead animals and pollinating flowers."

I guess THAT is the big deal.

I'm betting that these things are dying because of global warming.  But, not to worry....it's a natural cyclical thing.;) :p
Title: Beetle's days are numbered...
Post by: lukster on June 21, 2006, 12:29:26 PM
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Originally posted by Curval
"Conservationists say beetles play a unique and vital role in the planet's ecosystems, including burying the corpses of dead animals and pollinating flowers."

I guess THAT is the big deal.

I'm betting that these things are dying because of global warming.  But, not to worry....it's a natural cyclical thing.;) :p


Well, according to that article there are 4,000 species of beetle in the UK but only 250 of them "endangered". I guess the other 3,750 like warm weather. :p
Title: Beetle's days are numbered...
Post by: Maverick on June 21, 2006, 12:31:40 PM
Buglife director Matt Shadlow

What a sad sad thing to have for a career. Being a director of bug life.
Title: Beetle's days are numbered...
Post by: Yeager on June 21, 2006, 12:42:57 PM
dont worry curval, the planet gets to die just like everything else :rolleyes:
Title: Beetle's days are numbered...
Post by: Ripsnort on June 21, 2006, 01:56:16 PM
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Originally posted by Curval
"Conservationists say beetles play a unique and vital role in the planet's ecosystems, including burying the corpses of dead animals and pollinating flowers."

I guess THAT is the big deal.

I'm betting that these things are dying because of global warming.  But, not to worry....it's a natural cyclical thing.;) :p


Quit paraphrasing and post the REAL text Curval!

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Conservatives say Beet1e plays a unique and vital role in the AH Officer's club ecosystem, including burying the corpses of dead topics with nonsense and cherry-picking replies.

But some species have not been observed for years in threads with facts and data. For example, the beet1e was common in the gun threads and now he is only spotted doing drive-by posts.

"Other invertebrates seem to be suffering very badly; so it's not surprising that when we look at Beet1e, we find that there're problems there as well."

He said it was "imperative" immediate action was taken to preserve the astonishing variety of British beet1es before it was too late.

Title: Beetle's days are numbered...
Post by: Holden McGroin on June 21, 2006, 02:02:27 PM
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Originally posted by Maverick
What a sad sad thing to have for a career. Being a director of bug life.


I dunno......  162 million in domestic box office.
Title: Beetle's days are numbered...
Post by: Nash on June 21, 2006, 02:08:31 PM
lol!
Title: Beetle's days are numbered...
Post by: lazs2 on June 21, 2006, 02:38:47 PM
I heard that beetles are very suceptible to the fumes given off by diesel vehicles...  banning diesels in england is probly the only viable solution if you want any beetles ten years from now.

It may not work and the diesels may not be really causing it but..... can we afford to take that chance?   An england up to it's stiff upper lip in corpses in less than a few decades!

lazs
Title: Beetle's days are numbered...
Post by: GtoRA2 on June 21, 2006, 03:05:01 PM
Our beatle is the dung type.


England seems to have lots of those.
Title: Beetle's days are numbered...
Post by: Ripsnort on June 21, 2006, 03:31:57 PM
4- Members should post in a way that is respectful of other users and HTC. Flaming or abusing users is not tolerated
Title: Beetle's days are numbered...
Post by: Maverick on June 21, 2006, 04:29:16 PM
Holden,

Touche! :D


GTO and Rip

Nasty comment, True, but nasty.

:rofl :rofl :rofl
Title: Beetle's days are numbered...
Post by: Pooh21 on June 21, 2006, 06:10:08 PM
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Originally posted by lukster
Why all the angst over endangered species? Don't these people believe in evolution? What would this world be like if every species that ever exisited and perhaps evolved into another were kept around?
T-Rexs would make the morning commute rock!
Title: Beetle's days are numbered...
Post by: Saintaw on June 21, 2006, 06:31:30 PM
Lookin at you lot gettin your tits pointing out, I'd say Beet is more than successull at hauling crap. :D

*Shakes Beet's hand* well done mate!
Title: Beetle's days are numbered...
Post by: Ripsnort on June 21, 2006, 06:45:24 PM
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Originally posted by Saintaw
Lookin at you lot gettin your tits pointing out, I'd say Beet is more than successull at hauling crap. :D

*Shakes Beet's hand* well done mate!
Yeah, the old "Got owned, so I'll just say that I was trolling ya" respond.  :rofl   Hey, get Beet out from under your 'puter desk so he'll respond, will ya? ;)