Comments on: Watch This: A Gigantic Stick Insect Pries Itself Out of a Tiny Egg http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2012/08/27/watch-this-a-gigantic-stick-insect-pries-itself-out-of-a-tiny-egg/ Mon, 22 Apr 2013 21:34:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: john dahl http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2012/08/27/watch-this-a-gigantic-stick-insect-pries-itself-out-of-a-tiny-egg/#comment-34072 john dahl Thu, 30 Aug 2012 23:21:17 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/?p=39515#comment-34072 i was holding my breath and praying for the delicate creature as i squirmed with it i was holding my breath and praying for the delicate creature as i squirmed with it

]]> By: Pippa http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2012/08/27/watch-this-a-gigantic-stick-insect-pries-itself-out-of-a-tiny-egg/#comment-34071 Pippa Wed, 29 Aug 2012 00:48:44 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/?p=39515#comment-34071 Reminds me of Mary Poppin's bag. How on earth did he fit into that egg? Reminds me of Mary Poppin’s bag. How on earth did he fit into that egg?

]]> By: John Lerch http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2012/08/27/watch-this-a-gigantic-stick-insect-pries-itself-out-of-a-tiny-egg/#comment-34070 John Lerch Tue, 28 Aug 2012 14:54:33 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/?p=39515#comment-34070 After the thorax is freed, he doesn't look stuck anymore; but he does look like he has a very soft exoskeleton. It looks like he has to wait for it to harden. Maybe this has something to say about that notion that someone crippled a monarch by helping it free itself. It has nothing to do with the alleged moral (which was: the Monarch has to try hard to get out); but instead the monarch has to wait to finish forming. After the thorax is freed, he doesn’t look stuck anymore; but he does look like he has a very soft exoskeleton. It looks like he has to wait for it to harden. Maybe this has something to say about that notion that someone crippled a monarch by helping it free itself. It has nothing to do with the alleged moral (which was: the Monarch has to try hard to get out); but instead the monarch has to wait to finish forming.

]]> By: Ashley Cakes http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2012/08/27/watch-this-a-gigantic-stick-insect-pries-itself-out-of-a-tiny-egg/#comment-34069 Ashley Cakes Tue, 28 Aug 2012 04:05:42 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/?p=39515#comment-34069 Aw, he tried so hard! It's cute! ^_^ Aw, he tried so hard! It’s cute! ^_^

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