Comments on: Water bug eats fish https://gregladen.com/blog/2010/10/12/wter-bug-eats-fish/ Wed, 13 Oct 2010 15:53:34 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.8 By: jaf https://gregladen.com/blog/2010/10/12/wter-bug-eats-fish/#comment-524518 Wed, 13 Oct 2010 15:53:34 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2010/10/12/wter-bug-eats-fish/#comment-524518 No, Russell, you’re just wrong!

]]> By: Andrew https://gregladen.com/blog/2010/10/12/wter-bug-eats-fish/#comment-524517 Tue, 12 Oct 2010 20:15:14 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2010/10/12/wter-bug-eats-fish/#comment-524517 During the Triassic dragon flies were known to routinely carry off small dinosaurs.

]]> By: Nemo https://gregladen.com/blog/2010/10/12/wter-bug-eats-fish/#comment-524516 Tue, 12 Oct 2010 20:08:22 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2010/10/12/wter-bug-eats-fish/#comment-524516 I’ve seen a praying mantis (IIRC) kill a mouse. Same wrongness.

]]> By: Alyssa https://gregladen.com/blog/2010/10/12/wter-bug-eats-fish/#comment-524515 Tue, 12 Oct 2010 19:04:10 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2010/10/12/wter-bug-eats-fish/#comment-524515 Maybe the big bug was just giving the fishy a big hug!

]]> By: NoAstronomer https://gregladen.com/blog/2010/10/12/wter-bug-eats-fish/#comment-524514 Tue, 12 Oct 2010 18:42:28 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2010/10/12/wter-bug-eats-fish/#comment-524514 I’m with Russell. A little nibble now and again is one thing but being caught and eaten, that’s just not right.

Does the bug inject the fish with any sort of venom or does it just chow down on its trapped meal?

]]> By: Stephanie Z https://gregladen.com/blog/2010/10/12/wter-bug-eats-fish/#comment-524513 Tue, 12 Oct 2010 17:16:26 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2010/10/12/wter-bug-eats-fish/#comment-524513 Russell, if you could persuade the mosquitoes of that, I’d be quite grateful.

]]> By: Russell https://gregladen.com/blog/2010/10/12/wter-bug-eats-fish/#comment-524512 Tue, 12 Oct 2010 16:51:29 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2010/10/12/wter-bug-eats-fish/#comment-524512 Invertebrates eating vertebrates is just wrong.

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