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Re: Wicked cool caterpillar!

Post by owlice » Mon Sep 26, 2011 12:30 pm

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neufer wrote: (P.S., I can still do a half decent Donald Duck voice that I learned to do in the '50's for the amusement of my grandchildren.)
You learned to do a Donald Duck voice in the '50s for the amusement of your grandchildren?! :shock: I think it's time to revisit the "young woman" thing, then!

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Re: Wicked cool caterpillar!

Post by neufer » Mon Sep 26, 2011 2:27 pm

owlice wrote:
neufer wrote:
(P.S., I can still do a half decent Donald Duck voice that I learned to do in the '50's for the amusement of my grandchildren.)
You learned to do a Donald Duck voice in the '50s for the amusement of your grandchildren?! :shock:
I think it's time to revisit the "young woman" thing, then!

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Re: Wicked cool caterpillar!

Post by Beyond » Mon Sep 26, 2011 7:51 pm

neufer wrote:(P.S., I can still do a half decent Donald Duck voice that I learned to do in the '50's for the amusement of my grandchildren.)
Grandchildren :?: :?: No wonder Yogi is going after the slower un-racing striped pic-a-nik baskets. :mrgreen:
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Re: Wicked cool caterpillar!

Post by owlice » Mon Sep 26, 2011 8:01 pm

A grandfather back in the '50s, no less! :shock:

I've assumed 1950s, but ya know, maybe I shouldn't have... :shock: :shock:
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Re: Wicked cool caterpillar!

Post by Beyond » Mon Sep 26, 2011 8:36 pm

IF he had grandchildren back in the fifties, he's going to have to change part of his viewing profile a little, unless he became a grandparent when he was around 5-15 years old. :shock: But it's more likely that he learned how to do the Donald Duck squawk in the 50's and then much later amused the grand kids with it.
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Re: Wicked cool caterpillar!

Post by owlice » Mon Sep 26, 2011 9:21 pm

Beyond, I know that, but that's not what he posted!
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Re: Wicked cool caterpillar!

Post by Beyond » Mon Sep 26, 2011 10:35 pm

Oh, ok., mums the word then.
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Re: Wicked cool caterpillar!

Post by orin stepanek » Tue Sep 27, 2011 12:36 pm

owlice and Beyond your little bitty lettering reminded me of an old song! :wink:
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Re: Wicked cool caterpillar!

Post by starstruck » Tue Sep 27, 2011 1:40 pm

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. . . and Orin's video post reminds me of this, which seems to fit quite nicely with the subject of this thread . .

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been quite a few years since I remember hearing Burl Ives sing this . . . takes me back

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Re: Wicked cool caterpillar!

Post by orin stepanek » Tue Sep 27, 2011 2:49 pm

And this Caterpillar doesnt get to be a beautiful butterfly! :mrgreen:
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Re: Wicked cool caterpillar!

Post by orin stepanek » Tue Sep 27, 2011 3:22 pm

starstruck wrote:
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. . . and Orin's video post reminds me of this, which seems to fit quite nicely with the subject of this thread . .

:lol:

been quite a few years since I remember hearing Burl Ives sing this . . . takes me back
I liked your Burl Ives find. I found this butterfly metamorphosis that takes me back to grade school Science! 8-)
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Re: Wicked cool caterpillar!

Post by Ann » Tue Sep 27, 2011 4:35 pm

Thank you for the butterfly metamorphosis video, Orin! So fascinating and lovely.

Can't help wondering if a caterpillar has a sense of self, and if it does, if it isn't too amazed for words at its own transformation? Probably! :wink:

My colleague Arnost insists that all mammals are equally intelligent (I guess not everyone will agree with him on that :wink: ), but he also says that insects lack intelligence. I guess butterflies and caterpillars qualify as insects, or at least as beings without intelligence.
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Arnost says, therefore, that mountain goats, meerkats and bats are intelligent beings whose intelligence is in no way different from our own. (Hey, I'm just repeating what he says.)




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On the other hand Arnost says that there are alien intelligences on the Earth, beings whose intelligence is fundamentally different from ours, and this is one of them. :arrow:







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Re: Wicked cool caterpillar!

Post by Beyond » Tue Sep 27, 2011 6:02 pm

Ann wrote:Arnost says, therefore, that mountain goats, meerkats and bats are intelligent beings whose intelligence is in no way alien from our point of view, since it is the same kind of intelligence as ours.
Hmm.... I wonder where WE went wrong :?:
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Re: Wicked cool caterpillar!

Post by Beyond » Tue Sep 27, 2011 8:32 pm

orin stepanek wrote:And this Caterpillar doesnt get to be a beautiful butterfly! :mrgreen:
I guess this caterpillar's fuzz all fell off while it was dozing. It would also need to use a giant redwood tree to cocoon in, to hold it's weight. Good thing giant redwoods only grow in California :!: :lol:
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Re: Wicked cool caterpillar!

Post by orin stepanek » Wed Sep 28, 2011 12:04 pm

Beyond wrote: Good thing giant redwoods only grow in California :!: :lol:
I think they are cultivated in other areas!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sequoiadendron
Sequoiadendron giganteum at New Forest, Hampshire, England, one of the tallest in the UK at 52.73 m [4]

Giant sequoia is a very popular ornamental tree in many areas. Areas where it is successfully grown include most of western and southern Europe, the Pacific Northwest of North America north to southwest British Columbia, the southern United States, southeast Australia, New Zealand and central-southern Chile. It is also grown, though less successfully, in parts of eastern North America.
Sequoiadendron giganteum in Isny, Germany

Trees can withstand temperatures of −31 °C (−25 °F) or colder for short periods of time, provided that the ground around the roots is insulated with either heavy snow or mulch. Outside its natural range, the foliage can suffer from damaging windburn.

Since its discovery a wide range of horticultural varieties have been selected, especially in Europe. There are, amongst others, weeping, variegated, pygmy, blue, grass green, and compact forms.[5]
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Re: Wicked cool caterpillar!

Post by Beyond » Wed Sep 28, 2011 2:18 pm

Gee, thanks orin. Now that the Big unfuzzy caterpillar knows there are Big trees all over to cocoon in, in a few years or so, we might have Giant butterflies all over the place. Better get some really BIG flowers planted :mrgreen:
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