Re: About those Piranha Bugs - LOOOOONG

Again, as I said in my reply to B Lin, the population size, whether
single 
colony or multiple, will be limited ny the ability of the food source to

sustain them.

Brian B2

>From: "Don M" <dmaddox1@hot.rr.com>
>Reply-To: gzg-l@csua.berkeley.edu
>To: <gzg-l@csua.berkeley.edu>
>Subject: Re: About those Piranha Bugs - LOOOOONG
>Date: Fri, 11 Jan 2002 15:09:09 -0600
>
>Actually, that's easy. Don't treat each mound as a seperate nest. Each
>mound is but a single "home" (or exit point) for a larger nest. There's
no
>particular reason that they couldn't be communal on a much larger
scale,
>especially since they're alien. Postulate some underground tunneling
and
>chamber and it's even easier. Then the distance to the nearest bug
"nesting
>site" could be quite large (which would also explain the locals lack of
>total knowledge about the nasties).Then give a vehicle a chance to
break
>through the ground and fall into a main chamber! Yikes!
>
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