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It's a bug eat fish world 2.

By gregladen on September 22, 2009.

Giant Waterbug Catches Fish

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I just want to point out that this is "number 2" because it was published by accident ... it should have been in cue after Number 1, which is scheduled to be posted some time in the future. Number 1 is another insect eating a vert.

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For me, the archetypical monster has always been a dragonfly larva. No matter the scale; as a vertebrate, it just isn't right to get eaten by something with more than four legs and bizarre mouthparts. It's just not right.