The Smokey Bear Twitter account sent this message today:
I turn 70 in August so I decided to retire. Meet the new face of #wildfire prevention. #SmokeyMantis pic.twitter.com/DNCcGzv5Lf
— Smokey Bear (@smokey_bear) April 1, 2014
Uhmmmm… check the date.
“APRIL 1′ , Did I take that hook-line-and-sinker, all the way to the bottom. As disorganized as the government is today, possible. GOT ME!
Kind of “Naked Lunch” meets wildland fire. I like it.
Insect-wise, the local variants of blue butterflies actually did draw attention during the Carpenter 1 fire last year. The effect on the local mantis population maybe could be explored?
Nasty insect. Has no bounds, eats good and bad insects. Evolved from cockroaches. Someone needs to lay-off that stuff. Your brain is shorting out.
TOTAL B. S.
They would have to change the voice though. A mantis would have a voice more like Pee Wee Herman than Sam Elliot. Think Ill stick with Sam.
I like it. I am way less scared of a Mantis than a bear. Too bad its the first of April.