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\nThere’s a little swamp in one of the turns at the racetrack. It’s populated with all sorts of chirping critters… There’s probably a huge amount of insect inbreeding since you need to cross the track to leave, and that’s a good way to become flat.
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\nThat would probably explain this thing. It fluttered in and landed on the arm of a folding chair, and then froze. Presumably, it was terrified at the sight of possible predators and was trying to blend in and avoid notice…<\/p>\n
So as not to startle it, I slowly and carefully got out my camera and crept up at a glacial pace, telephoto lens zoomed in to the max…<\/p>\n
I silently snapped a couple pictures, crept closer, refocussed, and shot some more. It didn’t budge.<\/p>\n
I inched forward, slow as molasses, adjusted the camera, and tried again.<\/p>\n
It stayed put.<\/p>\n
I brought the camera up about a foot away from the thing, and took some more photos.<\/p>\n
No reaction.<\/p>\n
So I walked around to the other side of the chair and took some more photos from a few different angles. I had the camera as close to this thing as my lens would allow, and it barely twitched.<\/p>\n
We finally had to physically brush it off of the chair so that people could sit down without squishing it. I kinda felt betrayed. I’d wasted all that time sneaking up on a stupid inbred grasshopper, and I could have waltzed right up to it…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
There’s a little swamp in one of the turns at the racetrack. It’s populated with all sorts of chirping critters… There’s probably a huge amount of insect inbreeding since you need to cross the track to leave, and that’s a … Continue reading