Animals for Sale

In my local market they have some stalls that look like this

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those hundreds of plastic cups contain something edible?


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yes, you can eat them but these ones are special

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they are fighting Atlas beetles

they put two of these males on a log and let them at each other



in the stall they are all tethered to peeled sugar cane

Beetles fighting - YouTube

The nippers around here fight them for cash. Bladdy hooligans.

The championship is held in Pua, Nan every year.
Big money changes hands I am told.

Here's a vid of them fighting in Chiangmai.


Stag beetle fighting in chiang Mai - YouTube

Are these 'Animals' or 'Insects'?

Us kids would go and collect the wee manglers and have stag beetle fights during school recesses, yup, we bet on them and all, bet anything, pocket money, pens, marbles.
Some horrendous holes got punctured in them at times. Kept them in our pencil boxes with a piece of banana.
Stag beetle fight - YouTube

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Kept them in our pencil boxes with a piece of banana.

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Here's a banana fight.
Gruesome.

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(Actually it might not be a fight - more of a "bunch up".)

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Are these 'Animals' or 'Insects'?

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Is that a serious question?

Insects are animals, not plants

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Us kids would go and collect the wee manglers and have stag beetle fights

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yes, these are Atlas beetles, not Stag beetles, although there is some similarity

^^^Pre fight warm up

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my thread derailed by vegetarians

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Are these 'Animals' or 'Insects'?

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Is that a serious question? Insects are animals, not plants

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Think Andy may have Googled the question before he typed his reply?
You know, just to make sure...:mid:
Have a look what Yahoo!answers had to say...


Best Answer - Chosen by Voters

Of course! What did you think it was, a plant?




Linky... Is an insect an animal? - Yahoo! Answers

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Are these 'Animals' or 'Insects'?

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Is that a serious question? Insects are animals, not plants

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Think Andy may have Googled the question before he typed his reply?
You know, just to make sure...:mid:

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That and he has a kid in school helping with the homework ya know...:mid:

please stop your snide one-liners in this part of the board, Boon Mee

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Think Andy may have Googled the question before he typed his reply?

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actually, no, honest!

and my kid is only 3 years old, so his excuse is nonsense

it is just an obvious FACT

as to the thread, anyone else got some pics of strange ANIMALS for sale

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anyone else got some pics of strange ANIMALS for sale

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Are bananas animals?

Here's a few, don't know what they are though.
Anyone know?

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^ No idea, but the little chap on the bottom right looks like he's buzzing his tits off.

^ Compared to the one on the bottom left who is having a bad come down.

top left looks like a Pygmy shrew



some sort of eel, a turtle, and a bat?

but those are just internet pics...do you have any from a market

I believe my sister was picked up from one, bargain price,but got no pics.

I don't have any pictures to add but there are certainly some very 'exotic' and rare animals for sale at JJ market.

I'll prob pop there sometime next week and I'll take some pics. I go mid week to avoid the weekend crowds as the fish / animal section is open everyday.

yes, I used to go there but then the weekends were quieter

a very good market

4 X pics: top left is a young Tapir.

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Top left is a tapir
Top right is a prehistoric shark
Bottom left is a soft shelled turtle
Bottom right is an aye-aye

Aye,aye, wot's dat den, eh?
An aye-aye?

I eye an aye-aye, aye!

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An aye-aye is a lemur.

I was wondering if it was a marsupial of some form,but it's not, it's a primate, thanks.

If I ever met up with one, I'd probably want to get quite pally with it, eh?
In a platonic sort of way, of course. :mid:

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I'd probably want to get quite pally with it, eh?

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They look quite attractive from behind.

so, which market can we buy them

I have never eaten any of them