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Published: 2009-05-10 15:25:00 +0000 UTC; Views: 501; Favourites: 22; Downloads: 12
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cleveland, ohiothe little guy was running around the sidewalk at the cleveland zoo. he's all fierce
in my dads hand do not take w/o permission
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Ah....I remember these from my childhood too!!!! Fun to play with!
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Did it really bit your Dad or were you joking?
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i didn't say it bit my dad - nope, he didn't give my dad a problem
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There he is! Looks like the stag beetles in Ohio are very different from the ones in central Europe; smaller, more brownish and with smaller mandibles. Here is a male stag beetle I took when I visited Greece [link] . But all I have ever seen in Germany looked exactly like this one.
Cool, I did not know that! I always like learn new infos about animals.
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wow thats a huge difference! its cool the way their mandibles are! : europe's point downward, US' outward. thats really interesting! maybe to scoop up their opponent? i love learning new infos on animals too! especially within really similar species
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na this little guy is wild. ive seen them before out and about in NE ohio (males and females - they look extremely different). its been a while since i had seen one tho.
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I love that type of beetle...sadly where I live there aren't many of these...there are other species but not that type...
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im sorry 
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Lucky you!I see a lot of beetle like the cetonia aurata(rose chafer),cerambyx cerdo(Great Capricorn Beetle)a lot of type of ladybug and one time I have see a may bug and an aromia moschata(musk beetle).They are very interesting too but I want to see a beetle like this sometime...
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Thanks...but someday I will see a beetle like this!
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"do not take w/o permission"
What? The beetle, your dad or the photo???
Nice image btw!
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well if you try to take my dad - he will send armies of male stag beetles to rescue him
if you try to take the beetle - it will make my dad sads and he will cry. its so sad..
hahaha!
thanks! glad you like the pic!
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Did that beetle try to bite him or run or anything???
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no, he just kept waving his face around. we didnt hold him for too long, so he didnt get too angry
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ya he did, but we dont like to talk about that. dad got hurt pretty badly - and bringing it up makes him feel less manly
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