Spiders are getting bigger - Global warming?

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KiLl_RoY

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canadamus_prime said:
Uh oh, we'd better prepare for the invasion of the EIGHT LEGGED FREAKS!!!
Hell yeah!

What`s so bad about a huge spiders attack? it must be fun.
 

Azraellod

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Horny Ico said:
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Wow. The amount of people who pointlessly kill spiders here is astonishing. I hope you all get crushed horribly someday.

And don't worry. Spiders aren't going to get much bigger. Back in the Carboniferous era, the spiders grew to about the size of cats, but they all died out when the Earth's oxygen level decreased. I wouldn't think it's likely to reach that level again, over 1/3 oxygen is much much higher then we have today.
Are you really sure about that? [http://www.cracked.com/article_16054_6-endangered-species-that-arent-endangered-enough.html]
Yes, yes I am. Showing me some photoshopped pictures is not going to change my views on this, and I don't care what that apparently dangerous spider is really like. I still hope you all get crushed horribly.

If you're referring to the second part about it being the size of a dinner plate... what's your point? Global warming isn't going to let a spider that size increase in length. They need more oxygen to survive. Those are from rainforests if I'm not mistaken, and as such there is going to be a marginally higher level of oxygen there, thus enabling it to survive. There is a reason they don't live in different climates, because it doesn't suit them.
 

Azraellod

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Horny Ico said:
Well excuse us for having instinct for self-preservasion, you PETA member!

I wasn't thinking about that species getting any bigger; I was talking about how they're already really friggin huge. But that begs the question: how big would a spider get if it lived its entire life in a pure-oxygen environment?
I'm no PETA member. I just think that pointless killing is a horrible stupid thing to do. If you were killing them to eat them, I say go right ahead, but would you do it? I doubt it.

I don't see it as self preservation though. They don't want to attack us, we are far to big for them to realistically bring us down. It's just people apparently see them as a threat when they really, really aren't. If you have arachnophobia, then fine. That's no reason to kill them.

And as for your question... I think the spiders were supposed to be about cat sized, as I mentioned. there was a type of scorpion that grew to 3 meters in length, although admittedly it lived underwater, and somewhat earlier then the Carboniferous period. I believe millipedes were about 2 or 3 meters in length during that time, although they were vegetarians. And dragonflies were about 1 meter in length.

If they got to those lengths, then I would think it ranks as self preservation. The current ones are barely an afterthought.
 

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KillerMidget said:
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Yeah, let's blame global warming for all our problems!
I don't see spiders as a problems, spiders are our friends.

Apart from daddy long legs, since they eat other spiders.
Blast those dastardly daddy long-legs'! Eating mah spidahs! I always knew they were up to something.
I guess you'll be leaving any Daddy long Legs alone next time you see them in your house.
 

wikicated

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hmm we should be friend them hopefully theyll get big enough to ride im suprised at the amount of acrachnophobes i think i might have arachnophilla but hey every ones different
 

ProfessorLayton

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"Why warming seems to be making these spiders bigger is a mystery."

Funny, it seems like they just stuck global warming on there for no reason.
 

Canadamus Prime

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KiLl_RoY said:
canadamus_prime said:
Uh oh, we'd better prepare for the invasion of the EIGHT LEGGED FREAKS!!!
Hell yeah!

What`s so bad about a huge spiders attack? it must be fun.
Of course, us Canadians just have to wait till winter and the spiders will freeze to death.
 

ArcWinter

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Sweet, soon we can have some Fallout-type insects ready for the ownin'!

And it's just global intensifying, as summer has gotten warmer and winter has gotten cooler.
 

Xrysthos

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Paleontologists have determined a mathematical relationship between the size of certain animals (snakes, spiders etc.) and the average global temperature. The same applies for dinosaurs. There is still debate as to why this is the case, and several theories have been put forth. I'm no biologist, so I haven't bothered dwelling any deeper into that part of it, but I'm sure the internet can hep you out if you're interested.

The relationship is determined by comparing the fossil record of said species to paleoclimatological indicators.

Anyways, spiders are scary, so if they get huge, I'm totally investing in a storage room with bug spray, lighters and shotgun shells. They might mock me now - but just wait till the damn critters are the size of cats!
 

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AAUUUUUGGGGGHHHHHHHH
I saw one of those things. It was the most terrifying shit I'd ever seen. It was about 1 in the morning, and i went to my bathroom, went about my business and as i was just about to leave...I saw a massive spider - one of those two inch ones - in the middle of the rug. I was literally pinned to the wall in fear for about an entire minuite before i put a cup over it, moved it over to the corner of the room, wrote a quick note about it so my less arachnophobic family members could deal with it later, put it by the cup, then went to cower in my bed for about another few hours.

...Seriously. Most scared id ever been in my life.
 

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It's ok people if they ever get to big we can just have a bar-ba-qu and grill up the spiders for good eats.
 

Johnhancock

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Datalord said:
No, not eight legged freaks, this is greenland, so we're looking at ICE SPIDERS, so don't go practice olympic skiing any time soon
hahaha, what a stupid movie concept.

:D

Next thing you know, mountain lions will grow wings and it will some how be our fault and global warming.
 

Azraellod

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Horny Ico said:
I was hoping you'd notice that I was using PETA as an unsult. And of CORSE it's self defense! Even in North America, the wussiest continent on Earth, has two species of spiders with powerful enough venom to kill people. I had to kill a colony of about 10 fiddlebacks just last week while cleaning out the gerage! And don't tell me it was pointless to do so, because spiders have and will bite people who toss & turn in their sleep. Sure, the spider thinks it's self-defense, but so is stepping on it because its venom can KILL YOU.
...you might want to take a little more care when typing. I don't mean to nitpick, but i had to go through that twice to fully get what you meant.

I had grasped that you were using PETA member as an insult. I lost respect in you for doing so.

I'm perfectly willing to accept you killing a group of deadly toxic spiders in that sort of proximity to you. What i was objecting to was killing that didn't go beyond the level of "Argh, a small spider, kill it, squish.". You removing those spiders had a purpose, and wasn't just mindless stamping.

I'm aware that some spider venom can potentially kill humans. It's just that they generally won't. The smaller ones could realistically, unless they are a colony like you had, just be picked up and put outside with a glass and some paper. The larger spiders... I'd be amazed if one of them got in your house, and if it did then they aren't exactly hard to avoid. Just leave the room, shut the door, and call a zoo or something.

Killing isn't always necessary. It's just such a knee jerk reaction for some people that whether or not it is necessary never even occurs to them. Kill them if you absolutely have to, but don't just stamp on a spider the instant you see it.
 

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KillerMidget said:
Yeah, let's blame global warming for all our problems!
Hey, don't pretend it's a scapegoat. Global warming most certainly misplaced my keys.
 

Kriptonite

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personally, I think having spider slightly larger is good. Makes them easier to hit with a sword. That will teach them to try and rob my garage whilst I'm in college.
 

Wildrow12

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As long as the family sedan size spiders of Australia don't get bigger, I'm....


Fuck it, I'm still stocking up on Raid.

And Flamethrower Fuel.