Real Facts!!!

[skunked]

Here in the Great Dismal Swamp of coastal Virginia we don't worry too much bout the sketters, they only drink an ounce or two; now the horseflies,thats a differnet thing, they don't stop till they get done with the marrow.

 

[Joezilla]

Horseflies suck blood in a way much different then skeeters.

They have a scissor/saw like mechanism that they use to cut the flesh. They then use their labial mothparts to feed on the blood. They also have an anticoagulant in their saliva.

I've seen it under a low power microscope! Its like a kid eating spaggetti without any arms... hilarious..and painful!

 

[Thomas Linton]

HA...You ROOKIES,don't have a clue to BIG SKITTERS!! Go to ALASKA,"then"you can see what "BIG SKITTERS"look like!!
Jim

If you can survive to describe 'em, they ain't much.

 

[Brian Jones]

Another "Real Fact":

"Only the male turkey gobbles."

Kinda makes me wonder what the females do...spit?

Ooops....