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Re: Mystery Mech spotted
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lugnet.build.mecha
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Thu, 8 Nov 2001 13:50:55 GMT
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In lugnet.build.mecha, Benjamin White writes:
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> > I'd suggest Grasshopper but they're just small locust. ;)
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> Actually, locusts ARE grasshoppers at a very specific time in their life:
> when they're swarming. In fact many grasshoppers exhibit changes in
> exoskeleton coloration due to release of pigments following a chemical
> signal. So there is really no such thing as 1 locust, only 1 swarm of
> locusts.
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> Or are you talking about the name given to a specific mecha from a game
> series? And if so does that make me more of a geek, or less of a geek? ;)
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> benjamin
I was referring to both, really.. his model looks quite a bit (to me anyway)
like a Battletech Locust. I know there is a Grasshopper, too, but I brought
it up because it was the first thing that came to mind due to the color of
his mech. [see the silliness between myself and Adam in this thread ;) ]
As for real Grasshoppers vs Locust... biology wasn't my best subject,
certainly not insects. I always thought they were two different critters,
since I've got grasshoppers in my yard..but they're like a half inch long..
not the big nasty crawlies I've seen that are 2-3 times that (which I've
always associated with "locust").
Anyway... I think we've beaten this naming thing into the ground.
May I now suggest "Lopper" or "Grocust"? ;)
Joel J
Let the silliness continue...
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