Comments | susietherockgod: Brush with multiple ocularity.

susietherockgod

Brush with multiple ocularity.

Oct 11, 2005 18:13

First, there was one fly. Buzzing itself directly at my face and past my ears and setting me to shivers with the breeze generated by its tiny, filthy wings. Then, there were TWO flies, taking turns dive-bombing me while the fly on break sat on the lip of my water bottle or buzzed over my bed and in front of the curtain, making sure I could see it ( Read more... )

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annadel October 11 2005, 16:25:05 UTC

one time i trapped a spider in a bottle and then poured some clear glue all over it and left the bottle sitting on a shelf to warn off all other spiders. it didn't work at all. fools, you'd think with that eyeball filled head they'd be able to see what they was in for too.

susietherockgod October 11 2005, 19:09:07 UTC

Eyesight doesn't do any good if you just have a little spider brain. All the same, I'd rather spiders than flies. They don't divebomb, generally.

tangled_slinky October 11 2005, 18:15:26 UTC

i have to collect some cave crickets this weekend. they go into little alcohol filled jars. comment that went with the jars? "they'll struggle a bit, just push them in."

o.O

susietherockgod October 11 2005, 19:08:19 UTC

And thus we find the sad truth behind why I can never hope to be a field biologist.

*what happens when you're studying elephants, 0.0 ?*