6 wheeler versus 8 wheeler confrontation

They met on a flower and neither would give way.

http://www.pbase.com/crustacean/imag...6/original.jpg

Armour plated beetle (Oedemera nobilis) versus fierce killer Crab Spider (Misumena vatia).

Place your bets on the result now!

I think the eight wheeler will win out

I'll place my bet on the spider.

Well don't keep us in suspense too long ... who won?

:)

Isn't this like putting a cannibal and a vegetarian in a locked room, giving both a knife and fork and asking who's going live longest?

(No offence inteneded to anyone)

And the result was:

http://www.pbase.com/crustacean/imag...7/original.jpg

When you are called 'nobilis' you don't step aside for some upstart oik of a spider; even if they do have poison fangs.

The beetle just kept on walking in a straight line.

But like most confrontations, it was pointless because the beetle had reached 'the end of the road' on that flower anyway!

Come on, best two out of three, even if you have to use a ringer.

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Originally Posted by Geoff F

And the result was:

http://www.pbase.com/crustacean/imag...7/original.jpg

When you are called 'nobilis' you don't step aside for some upstart oik of a spider; even if they do have poison fangs.

The beetle just kept on walking in a straight line.

But like most confrontations, it was pointless because the beetle had reached 'the end of the road' on that flower anyway!

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