http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/2008/05/08/march-of-the-locusts-individuals-start-moving-to-avoid-cannibals/ Mon, 26 Nov 2012 12:00:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/2008/05/08/march-of-the-locusts-individuals-start-moving-to-avoid-cannibals/#comment-392 CO Tue, 20 May 2008 17:39:27 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/2008/05/08/march-of-the-locusts-individuals-start-moving-to-avoid-cannibals/#comment-392 Love it! I like the fact that this research was inspired by the Mormon crickets -- several years ago, in southern Idaho, my girlfriend and I stopped our car in the middle of a country road in amazement, as a smallish (only several millions?) swarm made its icky, slow way by. We have several photos (awfully similar to the one in the cricket article) of the crickets eating each other. Starting up the car again, we couldn't drive without popping multitudes of them under the tires. Love it! I like the fact that this research was inspired by the Mormon crickets — several years ago, in southern Idaho, my girlfriend and I stopped our car in the middle of a country road in amazement, as a smallish (only several millions?) swarm made its icky, slow way by. We have several photos (awfully similar to the one in the cricket article) of the crickets eating each other. Starting up the car again, we couldn’t drive without popping multitudes of them under the tires.

]]> http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/2008/05/08/march-of-the-locusts-individuals-start-moving-to-avoid-cannibals/#comment-391 Ed Yong Fri, 09 May 2008 19:52:59 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/2008/05/08/march-of-the-locusts-individuals-start-moving-to-avoid-cannibals/#comment-391 Although ironically, mentioning hairy legs is often a good way of bringing down biblical wrath... Although ironically, mentioning hairy legs is often a good way of bringing down biblical wrath…

]]> http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/2008/05/08/march-of-the-locusts-individuals-start-moving-to-avoid-cannibals/#comment-390 caynazzo Fri, 09 May 2008 19:15:25 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/2008/05/08/march-of-the-locusts-individuals-start-moving-to-avoid-cannibals/#comment-390 Come on admit it, "wrathful god" sounds way cooler than "hairy backlegs" in explaining those biblical plagues. Come on admit it, “wrathful god” sounds way cooler than “hairy backlegs” in explaining those biblical plagues.

]]> http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/2008/05/08/march-of-the-locusts-individuals-start-moving-to-avoid-cannibals/#comment-389 Christopher Petroni Fri, 09 May 2008 00:30:37 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/2008/05/08/march-of-the-locusts-individuals-start-moving-to-avoid-cannibals/#comment-389 Ugh, we have Mormon crickets back home. Maybe they can be tricked into eating each other somehow. This is a really cool article, thanks! I love research like this. Ugh, we have Mormon crickets back home. Maybe they can be tricked into eating each other somehow.
This is a really cool article, thanks! I love research like this.

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