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Old 03-06-2008, 02:57 PM
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Elephant Beetle!

A beetle the size of a hamster has been found at a banana packing factory in London after surviving a journey from Costa Rica. Nice news link - he's looking for a mate...

BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | Giant beetle's long haul trip
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Old 03-06-2008, 03:47 PM
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A beetle the size of a hamster has been found at a banana packing factory in London after surviving a journey from Costa Rica. Nice news link - he's looking for a mate...

BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | Giant beetle's long haul trip
I wish him the best of luck but have my doubts

I've heard of small beetles being imported in fruit but not one that size! I suppose bananas are good because invertebrates can hide in the middle of the bunch?

Could be worse though: could be genetically engineered: Help us hunt down the Superlambananas - Liverpool Daily Post
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Indeed. The artist Taro Chiezo was making a comment about the dangers of genetic engineering if I remember, Liverpool being involved in the trade of lambs and import of bananas. I must admit I am quite fond of the original Superlambanana but all these others springing up all over the place is a bit OTT. I suppose it is quite nice with the school kids and community projects being involved in the new designs. I remember Manchester having a similar thing with multicoloured cows roaming the streets a few years back.
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Hi all,

Thanks for the original link Black - good reading; impressive beast

I guess the many-multi-coloured-statues-of-some-sort has been a real hype all over europe (world?) for the past decade or so. Not sure where it started, but I think it was cows indeed ... Many towns/areas seem to have cows anyway. Hamburg has "Hummel-Hummel" watercariers all over the place , I'll dig up a snapshot if I can find one.

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I think Milton Keynes started it all with their concrete cows:
BBC - Beds Herts and Bucks - In Pictures - Milton Keynes concrete cows

I saw a more colourful variation in the Basque country last year:


In the grounds of an orphanage - I don't know what the children thought of them .....


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I guess the many-multi-coloured-statues-of-some-sort has been a real hype all over europe (world?) for the past decade or so. Not sure where it started, but I think it was cows indeed ... Many towns/areas seem to have cows anyway. Hamburg has "Hummel-Hummel" watercariers all over the place , I'll dig up a snapshot if I can find one.

Cheers, Arp

P.S. Seem to have "archived" mine rather un-orderly But here's one by someone else ...
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