fossilesque@mander.xyzM to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · 6 days agoBees don't have lungs.mander.xyzimagemessage-square193fedilinkarrow-up1988arrow-down15file-text
arrow-up1983arrow-down1imageBees don't have lungs.mander.xyzfossilesque@mander.xyzM to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · 6 days agomessage-square193fedilinkfile-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-up15·5 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-up2·3 days agoArachnids are not insects though.
minus-squaresamus12345@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·edit-25 days agoSpiders aren’t insects. Though like them, they don’t have lungs! Not ones like ours, anyway.
minus-squarevaultdweller013@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·5 days agoIn my defense I am a smartass not smart.
minus-squareAnomalocaris@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·5 days agotarantulas do indeed have lungs though
minus-squareWren@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·5 days agoWait… tarantula trails are a thing?
minus-squarevaultdweller013@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·5 days agoYeah they followed paths, I think it’s a way of avoiding dangerous terrain. They are rather fragile beasts.
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.
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.
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.