Weird, unknown living thing stumps scientists

[RJM62]

Interesting link sent to me by a friend:

http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2013/09/weird-weblike-thing/

-Rich

 

[DaleB]

Interesting link sent to me by a friend:

http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2013/09/weird-weblike-thing/

-Rich

Does it have a tiny little sign on one side that says, "SOME PIG"?

Maybe it's a tiny little cell tower for insects. Cell coverage in the Amazon probably sucks. If you don't let the animals get their Facebook and Candy Crush fix, there's going to be a lot more people eaten by ill-tempered animals.

 

[RJM62]

I was thinking maybe it's NSA's latest information-gathering technology, craftily disguised as a natural organism.

-Rich

 

[Matthew]

Looks like a little tiny VOR for ants.

 

[ScottM]

I was thinking maybe it's NSA's latest information-gathering technology, craftily disguised as a natural organism.

-Rich

Yep.

It's a baby FLR-9 Elephant Cage Antenna.

 

[denverpilot]

Looks like a little tiny VOR for ants.

 

[steingar]

Lots of things ain't nobody seen in the Amazon. Nobody's going to see them except as corpses after all the trees are eventually cut down.

 

[ClimbnSink]

Modern scientists sheesh. I want to know when you lick it do you fly or die?

 

[JOhnH]

Yep.

It's a baby FLR-9 Elephant Cage Antenna.

That was exactly what I thought!
Did you read "The Hunt for Red November"? (What Clancy would have written if he had written non-fiction). Great book.