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	Mindcontrolling Wasps

m_a_d_d_i_

4-14-2007 7:02 PM

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nature, animals, insects, mind, mind control, wierd

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4-15-2007 6:54 AM

fudzzz

I've read of the laying eggs in the body stuff before, but the mind-control web-making thing is new to me. Pretty damn cool.

4-15-2007 7:05 AM

m_a_d_d_i_

Pretty damn terrifying I think....I wonder if it would affect a human

4-15-2007 10:54 AM

fudzzz

Well, we can't spin webs, so I doubt it would be able to make us do that, lol. I don't think they'll learn much from this, since our brain and nervous system is totally different from that of those insects. (I think. Doh!)

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