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The Dragonfly With A Smile On Her Face
Offbeat  (tags: animals, insects, funny, interesting, unusual, odd )

Tom
- 1700 days ago - telegraph.co.uk
It may look like a computer-generated cartoon character, but this smiling dragonfly is the real deal. It has been identified by the British Dragonfly Society as a female Southern Hawker Aeshna cyanea. They are "inquisitive" creatures not easily scared.
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GOOD BEE NEWS: What's the Buzz? Just Ask Andrew
Offbeat  (tags: Apiaries, bees, insects, hive collapse disorder, healthy bees, beekeeping, honey, organic honey )

Rooibos
- 1799 days ago - newstimes.com
Because bees are perfect," he says. "They're a very orderly society. They're self-supporting. They're team players. They're selfless, for that matter. Plus, they seem to magically pull honey out of thin air. Who else can do that?"
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Green Porno - Isabella Rossallini Shows Us Bug Sex
Offbeat  (tags: insects, reproduction )

Chris
- 1837 days ago - sundancechannel.com
A series of movies by Isabella Rossallini and the Sundance Channel demonstrating how insects reproduce. Both indescribable and educational.
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TV Cockroach Causes Outrage A TV Station Is Under Investigation After a Cockroach Was Seen Scuttling Across a News Reader's Des
Offbeat  (tags: news, cockroaches, roaches, insects, bugs, reporters, interesting, funny, humor, unusual, off-beat, odd, society, bizarre, humans, news )

Peppermin
- 1908 days ago - davesdaily.com
Turkmenistan's national station was bombarded with calls from disgusted viewers saying it had put them off their dinners after they saw the insect during the main evening news programme.
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Pass the Mealworms, Please!
Offbeat  (tags: insects, eating bugs, food with bugs, bug-infested food )

RC
- 2125 days ago - riverdeep.net
The average American eats a pound or more of insects in his or her lifetime. YUM!
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