Spiders

[Rowdy Reader]

this on prob surfaced already but i like it lol

[Zombie]

On 11/10/2024 at 6:12 AM, Ron said:

I went into my kitchen to get something to drink. Unfortunately, upon the wall by the refrigerator a tiny, medium sized, gargantuan black spider was crawling DOWN the wall (headfirst) thereby defying gravity... I think. It should have been falling! I didn't want to kill it (I didn't!) but I had to. It was in my home!!!

that’s why they invented hoover nozzles 

  
 

Edited November 12, 2024 by Zombie

[Ron]

4 hours ago, Zombie said:

that’s why they invented hoover nozzles 

But... but... if the spider is just sucked up and put into a bag... won't it just crawl back out again?

[TalonRider]

Need a Hug?

[sandrewn]

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Bill W]

7 hours ago, sandrewn said:

 

 

This looks like it's been photoshopped and the photo of the spiders was overlaid on a photo of someone holding their arms out in front of them. 

[sandrewn]

10 hours ago, Bill W said:

This looks like it's been photoshopped and the photo of the spiders was overlaid on a photo of someone holding their arms out in front of them. 

Probably, but don't shoot the messenger(me).

[sandrewn]

How ‘vampire’ spiders with a love of human blood could combat malaria

How ‘vampire’ spiders with a love of human blood could combat malaria - National | Globalnews.ca

 

 

Tiny jumping spider

 

 

[Bill W]

1 hour ago, sandrewn said:

Probably, but don't shoot the messenger(me).

I wasn't accusing or blaming anyone, merely stating a fact.  Didn't mean for you to think otherwise.  

[TalonRider]

I see two red legs and a piece of wood. 

[Bill W]

22 minutes ago, TalonRider said:

I see two red legs and a piece of wood. 

Maybe it's my eyesight, but I still only see one and a half red legs, and where those two legs touch the board there seems to be a circle of some sort.  Just wasn't sure what that was supposed to be.  

[sandrewn]

 

 

Saw this big bro last night. Anyone know what kind he is?

 

 

 

 

 

[Bill W]

1 hour ago, sandrewn said:

 

 

Saw this big bro last night. Anyone know what kind he is?

Although the color scheme is wrong, it looks like a Knights Templar cross on it's back, so I'd guess it was an offshoot of a Knight s Templar spider.  🤪

 

[Bill W]

1 hour ago, sandrewn said:

 

This why it's important to check your Airbnb out carefully before spending the night!  😁

[sandrewn]

 

 

 

 

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[Bill W]

2 hours ago, sandrewn said:

 

 

Unfortunately, his buried treasure chest is filled with flies, ants, mosquitos, and a variety of other insects.  

[TalonRider]

That would make his treasure a cache food for later.

[TalonRider]

The smiley faces of death. 

[sandrewn]

 

 

 

 

[Bill W]

24 minutes ago, sandrewn said:

 

What a cutie, but I'm only seeing six legs.  😵

[sandrewn]

5 minutes ago, Bill W said:

What a cutie, but I'm only seeing six legs.  😵

I see 8, for a like(more often) I'll even point them out to you(hint).

[TalonRider]

I too can see all eight legs.

My first thought was it looks like it has a cold with snot running down its face under it bottom set of eyes.

 

[sandrewn]

Spiders have blue blood  

One of the most interesting spider facts is about their blood. We often assume all living things have red blood because humans have red blood. However, there are some animals with different colors of blood. For instance, snails have blue blood, skinks and leeches have green blood, and beetles have yellow blood. 

Mammals have hemoglobin, which transports oxygen to the cells. Hemoglobin has an iron atom that absorbs all light colors other than one and only shows the color red. Hence, the red color of blood in mammals.

In spiders, it is different. Spiders, like snails, have blue blood. Their blood is blue because hemocyanin, the compound that transports oxygen, has an atom of copper, unlike mammals. The hemocyanin in their blood absorbs all colors except blue, making their blood blue.

 

 

[Valkyrie]