Spiders are getting bigger - Global warming?
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O dear, global warming, I thought it had changed to the never wrong no matter what cover all bases "climate change". That said spiders with 10% bigger exoskeletons doubtfully a huge deal lol.
Wolf Spiders are getting bigger.
Excellent, Hamsters love eating Wolf Spiders (no really). Let's unleash an army of Hamsters into our countries, the aggresive little buggers will rapidly kill off all the other rodent species, eat the spiders and it will all be irrepressably cute!
Excellent, Hamsters love eating Wolf Spiders (no really). Let's unleash an army of Hamsters into our countries, the aggresive little buggers will rapidly kill off all the other rodent species, eat the spiders and it will all be irrepressably cute!
Where DON'T spiders live? Answer: In the ocean or in the middle of ice caps, but aside from that, not much else.The Infamous Scamola said:
300 million years ago, during a long period of warm global temperatures some species of spider grew over 3 feet long and 2 feet tall (their abdomens were much larger in relation to their limbs).
During the same period some early scorpions were over 6 feet long.
During the same period some early scorpions were over 6 feet long.
Not quite, there's been sea spiders found all the way down at 7kilometers below sea level. No escape for arachnophobes like me...somekindarobot said:
... to the Antarctic I go, just got to watch out for the Thing, bugger it, it's not as scary as spiders.
FTA: "Why warming seems to be making these spiders bigger is a mystery."
Let's not look for any other solutions to the "Why" question. We'll just say it's probably Global Warming, everyone searching climate change on Google will see our story, we'll get more page hits, our advertisers will be happy with increased exposure, ?????, profit.
This is what passes for science these days. *sigh*
Let's not look for any other solutions to the "Why" question. We'll just say it's probably Global Warming, everyone searching climate change on Google will see our story, we'll get more page hits, our advertisers will be happy with increased exposure, ?????, profit.
This is what passes for science these days. *sigh*
I thought the ice and cold temperature would make it an inhospitable place for arachnids, but apparently I have been prooven wrong.somekindarobot said:
Actually, sea spiders are not true arachnids, so they don't count. Whether that makes a difference to your arachnophobia, on the other hand, depends if that matters to you. You could think of them as tiny crabs. You like crabs, don't you? Think before you answer, as a citizen of the state of Maryland I am legally obligated to bludgeon to death all those who answer "no."fix-the-spade said:
They're called spiders, they look like spiders, they behave like spiders, to my fears they are spiders.somekindarobot said:
Crabs on the other hand, are just crabs, they look, move and behave like crabs rather than spiders. They aren't particularly scary, except robber crabs and (surprise surprise) spider crabs, but mainly because they're frickin' huge and really quite intimidating.