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2intrigued: Did Donald Trump happen to lose one of his signature hairpieces in the Amazonian wilds of Peru? Wildlife photographer Jeff Cremer snapped this image of a caterpillar sporting the Republican candidate’s signature bright orange-yellow tufts of hair while on a scouting expedition in Peru.
“I was putting on my boots and someone said, ‘Hey, check out this caterpillar hanging out,’” Cremer recalled. “Sure enough, it was Donald Trump’s hair hanging on a branch.” He’s dubbed it the “Trumpapillar.”
The locals in the Peruvian Amazon call the critter ovejillo (“little sheep” in Spanish), but its full name is Megalopyge opercularis, or colloquially, the flannel moth caterpillar. It’s tiny, just 2.5 inches long, and its fluffy tufts can be red, white, or pink, as well as that Trump-tastic Day-Glo yellow.
But don’t let that adorable fluffy exterior fool you into thinking it’s harmless. The flannel moth caterpillar is actually venomous, and the hairs have very sharp, hollow spines, akin to a hypodermic needle, the better to puncture your skin and deliver a powerful dose of poisonous toxin. Yep, just like tarantulas, which at least have the decency to look scary. They can break off and lodge in your skin, too. The result, according to Cremer, is bright red welts and rather excruciating pain.
There’s some kind of metaphor in there, maybe.
“I was putting on my boots and someone said, ‘Hey, check out this caterpillar hanging out,’” Cremer recalled. “Sure enough, it was Donald Trump’s hair hanging on a branch.” He’s dubbed it the “Trumpapillar.”
The locals in the Peruvian Amazon call the critter ovejillo (“little sheep” in Spanish), but its full name is Megalopyge opercularis, or colloquially, the flannel moth caterpillar. It’s tiny, just 2.5 inches long, and its fluffy tufts can be red, white, or pink, as well as that Trump-tastic Day-Glo yellow.
But don’t let that adorable fluffy exterior fool you into thinking it’s harmless. The flannel moth caterpillar is actually venomous, and the hairs have very sharp, hollow spines, akin to a hypodermic needle, the better to puncture your skin and deliver a powerful dose of poisonous toxin. Yep, just like tarantulas, which at least have the decency to look scary. They can break off and lodge in your skin, too. The result, according to Cremer, is bright red welts and rather excruciating pain.
There’s some kind of metaphor in there, maybe.
How wonderful!
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Awwwwwwww!! 
An adorable tot has been nicknamed Baby Bear due to his incredible bouffant mane that he is sporting at just eight weeks old.
Mum-of-three Chelsea Noon, 32, says shocked passers-by often stare at her little man Junior and a trip to the supermarket now involves a minefield of questions from curious shoppers.
And while she says Junior looks like a little bear most of the time - she admits he is more like a gremlin when he gets cross.
An adorable tot has been nicknamed Baby Bear due to his incredible bouffant mane that he is sporting at just eight weeks old.
Mum-of-three Chelsea Noon, 32, says shocked passers-by often stare at her little man Junior and a trip to the supermarket now involves a minefield of questions from curious shoppers.
And while she says Junior looks like a little bear most of the time - she admits he is more like a gremlin when he gets cross.
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I love this Brett Whiteley print, have had it for years and it echoes Aus landscape and colours for me.
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I love this Brett Whiteley print, have had it for years and it echoes Aus landscape and colours for me.
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Is it just me, or does Billy Joel playing a harmonica look like a dying Darth Vader ?
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Alternative uses for CDs.
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Goes without saying.
Goes without saying.
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When I was a kid, this is how we made a play list. 
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Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I shall fear no evil.
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CuddlingSoul: Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I shall fear no evil.
Too funny I had myself a near death experience last monday night, and one of the last things i thought of before i zoned out was kfc ffs!!
ps, later on when (can't remember how long)
nurses told me i was getting s/thing to eat 
i knew in my heart 
it wasn't gonna be kfc 
Blo*dy porrige with fake sugar
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“I was putting on my boots and someone said, ‘Hey, check out this caterpillar hanging out,’” Cremer recalled. “Sure enough, it was Donald Trump’s hair hanging on a branch.” He’s dubbed it the “Trumpapillar.”
The locals in the Peruvian Amazon call the critter ovejillo (“little sheep” in Spanish), but its full name is Megalopyge opercularis, or colloquially, the flannel moth caterpillar. It’s tiny, just 2.5 inches long, and its fluffy tufts can be red, white, or pink, as well as that Trump-tastic Day-Glo yellow.
But don’t let that adorable fluffy exterior fool you into thinking it’s harmless. The flannel moth caterpillar is actually venomous, and the hairs have very sharp, hollow spines, akin to a hypodermic needle, the better to puncture your skin and deliver a powerful dose of poisonous toxin. Yep, just like tarantulas, which at least have the decency to look scary. They can break off and lodge in your skin, too. The result, according to Cremer, is bright red welts and rather excruciating pain.
There’s some kind of metaphor in there, maybe.
I thought my puppy's tail was rather Trump-like so I took a pic
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