Sunday, May 29, 2011

No longer protected by this world of stone

The Silurian-era hunters are armed only with their primitive bows and arrows, while the mighty Collembola is many times their size.
Nevertheless, the conclusion of the hunt is never seriously in doubt, for the hunters & collectors have the advantages of teamwork and low rat cunning. This cave painting depicts their quarry pierced by at least seven arrows. The Clan of the Springtail surely ate well that night.
The Collembola also appears to be equipped with a Predator-style cloaking device and can only be seen clearly after its death.

12 comments:

  1. Does the collophore go to the left or the right of the forcula? - I can never remember.

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  2. (if I'd said furcula it wouldn't have been nearly as funny)

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  3. Two words.

    .338 Lapua Magnum.

    Wait.

    How many words is that?

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  4. Making no reference whatsoever to the orb in the top right of the picture will win you ZERO POINTS.

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  5. Speaking of orbs, is it getting to be orb season for the upsidedownies?

    I've heard a report...
    ~

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  6. The Silurian-era hunters are armed only with their primitive bows and arrows

    AND their primitive contrast tool, painstakingly knapped from miniflint.

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  7. Was this hunting before or after the dinosaurs that people rode on?
    P.S. Love them hunnas

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  8. Skin findings:
    crystals
    sparkly particles
    crusty particles
    sticky particles
    white specks
    black specks
    fibers
    hair, dust
    one or more of above


    Patient: Doktor! I have a skin infestation of sparkly particles!

    Doktor: A clear case of Kei$hatosis.

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  9. I never knew the Silures were so small- it's a wonder they put up such a fight against the Romans.

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  10. Imagine my embarrassment when I am forced to admit that any mention of the Silurian era reminds me of these ophidian superscientists from the primeval underworld.

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  11. Imagine my embarrassment when I am forced to admit that any mention of the Silurian era reminds me of these ophidian superscientists from the primeval underworld.

    I never knew Robert E. Howard and Clark Ashton Smith were BBC staff writers.

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