Comments on: Cattle Mute Controversies

By: Matt Helm

Matt Helm — Mon, 18 Jun 2012 14:01:47 +0000

In your Mysterious Universe article that is linked up above, you wrote that Anton Dilger was killed by German spies. But in the wikipedia article on him that you linked to, it says he died of Spanish flu. Granted it’s wikipedia, therefore not the most reliable source, but they usually go for the more controversial angle on things like this, or point out that there is controversy connected to certain facts. Which account of his death is the more accurate? And if he was killed by German spies, is there objective facts supporting this, or is it subjective speculation?

By: thylo

thylo — Sun, 17 Jun 2012 17:49:38 +0000

I seem to recall a documentary in the recent past that explored the limits of arthropod size from a structural standpoint, and dashed the notions of B-movie sized monster bugs.

Perhaps someone here can remember that documentary and the specifics better.

Remember that the giant dragonflies of prehistory are giant in comparison to what we are used to, but compared to the scale of a human they are not monstrous. and they are the product of an epoch with an extremely high oxygen content in the air compared to now. Arthropod size does seem to have fluctuated with atmospheric oxygen levels.

By: Fhqwhgads

Fhqwhgads — Sun, 17 Jun 2012 14:51:15 +0000

@Springheeledjack

Your comment reminds me that when I was a child, I used to look upside down at Chinook helicopters and pretend they were giant caterpillars crawling across the sky.

By: springheeledjack

springheeledjack — Sat, 16 Jun 2012 16:50:21 +0000

Makes me think of “Them.” 1950′s classic…

If we had giant insects, then we’d definitely have something crypto to work with…however, I’ve got an acquaintance named Jose…Quervo I think his last name is…who will definitely turn a helicopter into a giant flying ant…or maybe that was Mezcal…Jose always gets blamed for everything…

By: Fhqwhgads

Fhqwhgads — Sat, 16 Jun 2012 16:05:11 +0000

You can’t handle the truth! If it weren’t for a dedicated team of “Fringe”-like special agents, the cattle would have overthrown us years ago!