fossilesque@mander.xyzM to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · 4 days agoBees don't have lungs.mander.xyzexternal-linkmessage-square178fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkBees don't have lungs.mander.xyzfossilesque@mander.xyzM to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · 4 days agomessage-square178fedilinkfile-text
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/jan/31/they-survived-fire-and-lead-poisoning-so-what-happened-next-to-notre-dames-bees-aoe
minus-squarevaultdweller013@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·4 days agoWhich is why you don’t see cat sized insects roaming around, I live next to a tarantula trail and some of them fuckers get BIG.
minus-squareAtomic@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 days agoArachnids are not insects though.
minus-squareAnomalocaris@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 days agotarantulas do indeed have lungs though
minus-squareWren@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·4 days agoWait… tarantula trails are a thing?
minus-squarevaultdweller013@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·4 days agoYeah they followed paths, I think it’s a way of avoiding dangerous terrain. They are rather fragile beasts.
minus-squaresamus12345@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-24 days agoSpiders aren’t insects. Though like them, they don’t have lungs! Not ones like ours, anyway.
minus-squarevaultdweller013@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·4 days agoIn my defense I am a smartass not smart.
Which is why you don’t see cat sized insects roaming around, I live next to a tarantula trail and some of them fuckers get BIG.
Arachnids are not insects though.
tarantulas do indeed have lungs though
Wait… tarantula trails are a thing?
Yeah they followed paths, I think it’s a way of avoiding dangerous terrain. They are rather fragile beasts.
Spiders aren’t insects. Though like them, they don’t have lungs! Not ones like ours, anyway.
In my defense I am a smartass not smart.
Eh, you were close enough.