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Ptah

(33,034 posts)
Fri Jul 25, 2014, 03:48 PM Jul 2014

Most frightening headline, Friday, July 25, 2014

Radar captures mayfly swarm as thousands of bugs emerge from Mississippi River to mate
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_MAYFLY_SWARM_WISCONSIN?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT

There is a lizard sex satellite floating in space and Russia no longer has it under control
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2014/07/24/there-is-a-lizard-sex-satellite-floating-in-space-and-russia-no-longer-has-it-under-control/
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Most frightening headline, Friday, July 25, 2014 (Original Post) Ptah Jul 2014 OP
I remember those swarms. Wait Wut Jul 2014 #1
Biblical! And the radar did not capture them. Ptah Jul 2014 #3
No worries LiberalEsto Jul 2014 #2

Wait Wut

(8,492 posts)
1. I remember those swarms.
Fri Jul 25, 2014, 04:16 PM
Jul 2014

I didn't need a freakin' satellite to see them, either. Mayflies are cute...individually. In a swarm, they're biblical.

 

LiberalEsto

(22,845 posts)
2. No worries
Fri Jul 25, 2014, 04:35 PM
Jul 2014

If the Lizard Satellite encounters the mayfly swarm, the mayflies will be toast. Or lunch.

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