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Saturday, May 29, 2010

Kevin Dayhoff: ARACHNID ABDUCTION! — 'Library...http://tinyurl.com/373npah

ARACHNID ABDUCTION! — 'Library Associate' spidernapped in Westminster Investigative Voice By Kevin Dayhoff

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RACHNID ABDUCTION! — 'Library Associate' spidernapped in Westminster
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By Kevin Dayhoff Westminster, Md. — Local residents were startled last week upon learning that a shocking abduction had taken place on Main Street in broad ...


INVESTIGATIVE VOICE FEATURETTE
THE ABDUCTION OF CHILE ROSE


By Kevin Dayhoff


Westminster, Md. — Local residents were startled last week upon learning that a shocking abduction had taken place on Main Street in broad daylight at the downtown Westminster branch of the Carroll County Public Library.

A “library associate,” Chile Rose, had been spidernapped!

The alarm first rang out at 4:13 p.m. on Wednesday of last week that “Library Associate Chile Rose”

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Westminster Police Cpl. Radcliffe Darby responded immediately. Darby is well recognized for being tuned-in to the community and thus understood the gravity of the case.

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Friday, May 28, 2010

ARACHNID ABDUCTION! — 'Library Associate' spidernapped in Westminster Investigative Voice By Kevin Dayhoff

Investigative Voice
RACHNID ABDUCTION! — 'Library Associate' spidernapped in Westminster
Investigative Voice
By Kevin Dayhoff Westminster, Md. — Local residents were startled last week upon learning that a shocking abduction had taken place on Main Street in broad ...


INVESTIGATIVE VOICE FEATURETTE
THE ABDUCTION OF CHILE ROSE


By Kevin Dayhoff


Westminster, Md. — Local residents were startled last week upon learning that a shocking abduction had taken place on Main Street in broad daylight at the downtown Westminster branch of the Carroll County Public Library.

A “library associate,” Chile Rose, had been spidernapped!

The alarm first rang out at 4:13 p.m. on Wednesday of last week that “Library Associate Chile Rose”

[...]

Westminster Police Cpl. Radcliffe Darby responded immediately. Darby is well recognized for being tuned-in to the community and thus understood the gravity of the case.

*****

Kevin Dayhoff Soundtrack: http://kevindayhoff.blogspot.com/ = http://www.kevindayhoff.net/ Explore Carroll: www.explorecarroll.com The Tentacle: www.thetentacle.com

Thursday, September 27, 2007

20070926 Spider No. UB6

Spider No. UB6 - September 26, 2007

Mr. Bruno, can you tell what kind of spider appears in the posted picture above? It was quite a fascinating and industrious creature. Thanks a bunch.

Kevin Dayhoff

(Folks, if you haven’t visited The Voltage Gate recently, you are missing out.)

When Mr. Bruno and I last discussed spiders; he called to my attention on 03/24/2007:

Jeremy Bruno said...

Aha! I have written about spiders on the old blog:

here, here, here, here, here, here; These are all in the series on why spiders aren’t insects…

And here; The last one might not be about a spider, taxonomically speaking, but the Harvestman father is particularly devoted to its offspring. Neat little critter.

Related: "20070321 The secret life of baby spiders"

Friday, March 23, 2007

20070321 The secret life of baby spiders

Photo caption: “Fired spiders and gum” from the web site, “Photography by Ewen Bell.” Neat site – check it out.

March 21, 2007

This post is for my wife. Read it quickly before it is prevailed upon me to amend it or take the post down.

Me: spiders gotta live somewhere. I just Zen them. As long as they don’t change the settings on my computer or eat my ice cream – I’m good. Whatever.

My wife: Spiders seem to make my normally unfazed, calm, and sedate wife go from zero to animated in a nanosecond. I know of nothing else that bothers my wife (except liberals… fortunately she doesn’t feel the need to squish them… .)

It is somewhat the source of amusement with me. Trust me, my amusement is not shared by my wife, and I have long since learned to adjust my approach. [Soccer Dad doesn’t wear paisley (My goodness that was an ugly tie.) - - I take spiders seriously – when they are the source of my wife’s undivided attention…]

Me to wife: Wife, I just saw on Nancy Grace that Anna Nicole Smith is still dead and the world is going to come to an end. Could ya please help me grab my computer before we go to the bomb shelter?

Wife: I don’t care - - There’s a spider in the house! Get it.

Over the years we have come to a sorta agreement. Found spiders in the house are not to be killed. They are to be invited to go outside… This seems to work as long as the spider is cooperative.

For the safety of spiders, I have posted a sign at the back door that our house is not safe for spiders. It seems to have worked.

Sooo, it was with some amusement that I saw that “Spiders Love to Snuggle.”

Perhaps Jeremy Bruno up at Voltage Gate (Besides, Mr. Bruno has not one article about spiders on his blog. What gives”) may have to interpret some of this for us, but according to Jeanna Bryner LiveScience Staff Writer LiveScience.com Wed Mar 21, 8:45 AM ET :

While not usually considered paragons of tender, familial love, some spiders do have a touchy-feely side. Scientists have discovered two arachnids that caress their young and snuggle together.

Social behavior is extremely rare in arachnids, a group of critters typically defined by their aggression, clever hunting methods and even predatory cannibalism.

"This was the best example I had ever seen of friendly behavior in an arachnid," said lead study author Linda Rayor, a Cornell University entomologist.

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Video: Spider Baby Rub

Video: Spider Tickle

For (Phrynus) marginemaculatus, the stroking was mutual, with the three-week-olds also whip-caressing their moms and one another.

Video: Spider Siblings

[…]

Video: Spiders' Psychedelic Courtship Dance

Images: Creepy Spiders

Original Story: Creepy: Spiders Love to Snuggle

Since this is a family blog – we may wanna have Attila pick up the story here and here… . He goes places I can’t.

Read the rest of the article here: “Spiders Love to Snuggle.”

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