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The Whirligig Beetles are wary and
Fast with an organ to detect the ripples
The Arachnid Moths lay their eggs inside other insects
Along the borders of fields or roads in clusters of white cocoons
The Ribbed Pine Borer is a longhorn beetle,
Their antenna's are half the length of
Their body and they feed on dead red pine
Robber Flies, with their immobile heads,
Inject a paralyzing fluid into their
Prey that they snatch from life in mid-air
The Snow Flea's mode of locomotion, strange and odd,
With a spiny tail mechanism with hooks and a
Protracted tube from the abdomen to enable moisture absorption
The female Praying Mantis devours the male while they are mating.
The male sometimes continues copulating even after the
Female has bitten off his head and part of his upper torso
Every night wasps bite into the stem of a plant,
Lock their mandibles into position,
Stretch out at right angles to the stem
And, with legs dangling, they fall asleep
If one places a minute amount of liquor on a
Scorpion, it will instantly go mad and sting itself to death
The Bombardier Beetle, when disturbed,
Defends itself by emitting a series of explosions,
Sometimes setting off 4 or 5 reports in succession.
The noises sound like miniature popgun blasts and are
Accompanied by a cloud of reddish coloured vile smelling fluid
It is commonly known that ants keep slaves.
Certain species, the so-called Sanguinary Ants in particular,
Will raid the nests of other ant tribes and
Kill the queen and then kidnap many of the workers.
The workers are brought back to the captor's hive
Where they are coerced into performing menial tasks
And as we discussed last semester,
The Army Ants will leave nothing but your bones
Perhaps you've encountered some of these insects in your communities,
Displaying both their predatory and defense characteristics,
While imbedded within the walls of flesh and
Passing for, what is most commonly recognized...
As human



Writer(s): WAITS THOMAS A, BRENNAN KATHLEEN


Tom Waits - Orphans
Album Orphans
date of release
21-11-2006

1   Tell It to Me
2   What Keeps Mankind Alive
3   Books of Moses
4   Nirvana
5   Spidey's Wild Ride
6   Puttin’ on the Dog
7   2:19
8   Rains on Me
9   Fish in the Jailhouse
10   Little Drop of Poison
11   Lie to Me
12   LowDown
13   Bottom of the World
14   Lucinda
15   Ain't Goin' Down to the Well
16   Lord I've Been Changed
17   Road to Peace
18   All the Time
19   The Return of Jackie and Judy
20   Walk Away
21   Sea of Love
22   Buzz Fledderjohn
23   Bend Down the Branches
24   You Can Never Hold Back Spring
25   Long Way Home
26   Widow's Grove
27   Shiny Things
28   World Keeps Turning
29   Never Let Go
30   Fannin Street
31   Little Man
32   It's Over
33   If I Have To Go
34   Goodnight Irene
35   The Fall of Troy
36   Take Care of All My Children
37   Down There By The Train
38   Danny Says
39   Jayne's Blue Wish
40   Young at Heart
41   Children's Story
42   Heigh Ho
43   Army Ants
44   Bone Chain
45   Two Sisters
46   First Kiss
47   Dog Door
48   Redrum
49   Home I’ll Never Be
50   Poor Little Lamb
51   Altar Boy
52   The Pontiac
53   King Kong
54   On the Road




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