@fossilesque@mander.xyzM to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish • 2 months agoBees don't have lungs.mander.xyzimagemessage-square191arrow-up11.01Kfile-text
arrow-up11.01KimageBees don't have lungs.mander.xyz@fossilesque@mander.xyzM to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish • 2 months agomessage-square191file-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-square@vaultdweller013@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglish15•2 months 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-square@samus12345@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglish11•edit-22 months agoSpiders aren’t insects. Though like them, they don’t have lungs! Not ones like ours, anyway.
minus-square@vaultdweller013@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglish8•2 months agoIn my defense I am a smartass not smart.
minus-square@Anomalocaris@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglish8•2 months agotarantulas do indeed have lungs though
minus-square@vaultdweller013@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglish8•2 months agoYeah they followed paths, I think it’s a way of avoiding dangerous terrain. They are rather fragile beasts.
minus-square@Atomic@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglish2•2 months agoArachnids are not insects though.
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.
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.
Arachnids are not insects though.