11/18/2004: Swarm at the pyramids - Page 3

jaguar · 11-20-2004, 09:14 AM

No, they just ate locusts, you still can, dipped in chocolate to boot.

Happy Monkey · 11-20-2004, 09:32 AM

There is indeed a plant called locust, but it is an extremely hard, thorny tree, so I'm guesing it's the bugs they were eating.

xoxoxoBruce · 11-20-2004, 11:21 PM

Honey Locust

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Fruit forms on the female trees, and do not require male trees to produce this although they are required for full seed production. The pods contain up to 20 seeds embedded in a brown sugary pulp. The seeds are 21-36% of the weight of the pods. Honey locust trees are biennial in nature, bearing heavy crops every other year. The pods drop gradually after ripening from October to late winter. The pods make excellent fodder.

Black Locust

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Fruit: 2-4" (5-10 cm) long; a dark brown, narrowly oblong flat pod; maturing in autumn, remaining attached into winter, splitting open; 3-14 dark brown, flattened, beanlike seeds.Fruit: 2-4" (5-10 cm) long; a dark brown, narrowly oblong flat pod; maturing in autumn, remaining attached into winter, splitting open; 3-14 dark brown, flattened, beanlike seeds.

Warning Seeds are poisonous and can be fatal to humans and animals. Leaves, twigs, and bark may also be toxic. Sensitivity to a toxin varies with a person’s age, weight, physical condition, and individual susceptibility. Children are most vulnerable because of their curiosity and small size. Toxicity can vary in a plant according to season, the plant’s different parts, and its stage of growth; and plants can absorb toxic substances, such as herbicides, pesticides, and pollutants from the water, air, and soil

capnhowdy · 11-21-2004, 08:05 AM

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Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

Honey Locust

Black Locust

I think I'll just have some of the insects, Au Jus

wolf · 11-20-2004, 11:34 PM

So I take it that the lord didn't leave the second kind laying around in the desert ...

Undertoad · 11-22-2004, 12:00 PM

They've made it to southern Israel now

glatt · 11-22-2004, 01:15 PM

Eeek! My hair! My hair!

Uryoces · 11-22-2004, 02:38 PM

"Bugs Mr. Rico! Zillions of 'em!"

Conditions are right to produce swarms of these buggers. The real test would have been an Aesopian ant-grasshopper thing; are you prepared to have your crop stripped clean overnight? Did you work enought to have some surplus stored? In this case though, they're just creepy and delicious roasted.

OnyxCougar · 12-02-2004, 02:53 PM

[quote=Undertoad]

OWL IN MY HAIR! OWL IN MY HAIR!!

11-20-2004, 09:14 AM	#1
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11-20-2004, 09:32 AM	#2
Happy Monkey I think this line's mostly filler. Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: DC Posts: 13,575	There is indeed a plant called locust, but it is an extremely hard, thorny tree, so I'm guesing it's the bugs they were eating. __________________ _________________ \|...............\| We live in the nick of times. \| Len 17, Wid 3 \| \|_______________\| [pics]

11-20-2004, 11:34 PM	#5
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	So I take it that the lord didn't leave the second kind laying around in the desert ... __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

11-22-2004, 02:38 PM	#8
Uryoces 2nd Covenant, yo Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Pugetropolis Posts: 583	"Bugs Mr. Rico! Zillions of 'em!" Conditions are right to produce swarms of these buggers. The real test would have been an Aesopian ant-grasshopper thing; are you prepared to have your crop stripped clean overnight? Did you work enought to have some surplus stored? In this case though, they're just creepy and delicious roasted. __________________ The party's over ... the drink ... and the luck ... ran out.

12-02-2004, 02:53 PM	#9
OnyxCougar Junior Master Dwellar Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Kingdom of Atlantia Posts: 2,979	[quote=Undertoad] OWL IN MY HAIR! OWL IN MY HAIR!! __________________ Impotentes defendere libertatem non possunt. "Repetition does not transform a lie into a truth." ~Franklin D. Roosevelt

11-22-2004, 12:00 PM	#6
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	They've made it to southern Israel now

11-22-2004, 01:15 PM	#7
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	Eeek! My hair! My hair!

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