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Happy Monkey · 03-16-2004, 02:40 PM

I don't think they're blind, they're just not particularly agile, so they bump into stuff alot. Unlike most flying insects, they only fly for a few weeks every 17 years, and they do so in such numbers that predators don't make a dent. So agility wasn't a particularly important survival trait.

03-16-2004, 02:40 PM	#3
Happy Monkey I think this line's mostly filler. Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: DC Posts: 13,575	I don't think they're blind, they're just not particularly agile, so they bump into stuff alot. Unlike most flying insects, they only fly for a few weeks every 17 years, and they do so in such numbers that predators don't make a dent. So agility wasn't a particularly important survival trait. __________________ _________________ \|...............\| We live in the nick of times. \| Len 17, Wid 3 \| \|_______________\| [pics]