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Who is that predator? I wish to hire them desperately. We had an agreement that the federation would stick to just the dead material but there are obviously s

Who is that predator? I wish to hire them desperately. We had an agreement that the federation would stick to just the dead material but there are obviously some free thinking factions at work. Now I'm growing lettuce as just the distraction crop for them (and the slugs) to protect the other youngling starts and strawberries.

mythrwy 2y ago
Chickens love rolly pollies.
curtisblaine 2y ago
Dysdera Crocata is a spider literally evolved around killing and eating roly-poly. As they need to pierce the roly-poly's exoskeleton, their bite is painful (but harmless) for humans. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woodlouse_spider https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woodlouse_spider
- jnellis 2y ago
  I've seen this guy by the shed, thanks. I'll ask him if he's busy this summer.
- _akhe 2y ago
  On lice/louse: When it's plural as in "lice" it's an obvious problem to be eradicated. But why in the singular form of "louse" do I suddenly imagine a Fantastic Mr. Fox character? A little guy holding a tiny briefcase waiting for the bus in Louse Land. It should be the opposite, because looking at lots of them is like "Ahh rolly pollies! Cool!" But if you zoom in on one's face... you notice some ancient trilobyte Alien 3 finger fangs rapidly shoving microbes into its pie hole, who knows what kind of monster this thing is to all the hapless beings down on its level. The spider doesn't care about any of this shit, he's just like: "Not in my house, louse." before spinning him up in his butt threads and draining his blood like a literal vampire. Nature is awesome.
- Eddy_Viscosity2 2y ago
  This sounds like an escalation I've heard before: There was an old lady who swallowed a cow; I don't know how she swallowed a cow! She swallowed the cow to catch the goat, She swallowed the goat to catch the dog, She swallowed the dog to catch the cat, She swallowed the cat to catch the bird, She swallowed the bird to catch the spider That wriggled and jiggled and tickled inside her, She swallowed the spider to catch the roly-poly; I don't know why she swallowed a roly-poly – perhaps she'll die!

mythrwy 2y ago

Chickens love rolly pollies.

curtisblaine 2y ago

Dysdera Crocata is a spider literally evolved around killing and eating roly-poly. As they need to pierce the roly-poly's exoskeleton, their bite is painful (but harmless) for humans. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woodlouse_spider https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woodlouse_spider

jnellis 2y ago
I've seen this guy by the shed, thanks. I'll ask him if he's busy this summer.
_akhe 2y ago
On lice/louse: When it's plural as in "lice" it's an obvious problem to be eradicated. But why in the singular form of "louse" do I suddenly imagine a Fantastic Mr. Fox character? A little guy holding a tiny briefcase waiting for the bus in Louse Land. It should be the opposite, because looking at lots of them is like "Ahh rolly pollies! Cool!" But if you zoom in on one's face... you notice some ancient trilobyte Alien 3 finger fangs rapidly shoving microbes into its pie hole, who knows what kind of monster this thing is to all the hapless beings down on its level. The spider doesn't care about any of this shit, he's just like: "Not in my house, louse." before spinning him up in his butt threads and draining his blood like a literal vampire. Nature is awesome.
Eddy_Viscosity2 2y ago
This sounds like an escalation I've heard before: There was an old lady who swallowed a cow; I don't know how she swallowed a cow! She swallowed the cow to catch the goat, She swallowed the goat to catch the dog, She swallowed the dog to catch the cat, She swallowed the cat to catch the bird, She swallowed the bird to catch the spider That wriggled and jiggled and tickled inside her, She swallowed the spider to catch the roly-poly; I don't know why she swallowed a roly-poly – perhaps she'll die!