Fun Facts About Spiders

Bob McDob · Post by **Bob McDob** » 2004-04-25 09:30pm

Read and Learn!

Rogue 9 · Post by **Rogue 9** » 2004-04-25 09:32pm

[singsong voice] Oh Vyyympeeeellllll... [/singsong voice]

KhyronTheBackstabber · Post by **KhyronTheBackstabber** » 2004-04-25 09:43pm

Mmmmm...Spider milk.

Straha · Post by **Straha** » 2004-04-25 09:44pm

Sorry, but that must be a joke, much of that site is striking me as BULLSHIT, especially the bit about the queen spider...

EDIT: And it appears there is no such thing as an "Orange Magma Spider" strike two against the site for me. And that evolution bit at the bottom ain't helping the site.

Asst. Asst. Lt. Cmdr. Smi · Post by **Asst. Asst. Lt. Cmdr. Smi** » 2004-04-25 10:01pm

Some of them, especailly the one about spiders theoretically being able to live forever struck me as being nonsense the moment I read them. Unless someone can verify it as being authentic, I say it's bullshit.

Deathstalker · Post by **Deathstalker** » 2004-04-25 10:49pm

Good for a laugh! Sad thing is people will actually believe this shit!

A spider's carapace, if sufficiently scaled, could adequately shield a nuclear blast

This is great! Need to write to U.S. Army Soldier Systems Center in Natick, and see if they can make a helmet, and maybe some body armor. Nuke proof troops!!

"Federal Department of Spiders" ROTFLMAO! I wonder if it is a Cabinet level position?

PrinceofLowLight · Post by **PrinceofLowLight** » 2004-04-25 10:50pm

No Wind Current or Shoecase Spiders on Google. As cool as it would be if this shit were real, it looks like it ain't.

Montcalm · Post by **Montcalm** » 2004-04-25 11:03pm

Spiders can't be mammals since they lay eggs

Rogue 9 · Post by **Rogue 9** » 2004-04-25 11:04pm

Montcalm wrote:Spiders can't be mammals since they lay eggs

Platypus.

Einhander Sn0m4n · Post by **Einhander Sn0m4n** » 2004-04-25 11:14pm

Spiders

Are K3WL!

Shinova · Post by **Shinova** » 2004-04-25 11:15pm

So much sheer BS it's funny.

Oni Koneko Damien · Post by **Oni Koneko Damien** » 2004-04-25 11:17pm

Asst. Asst. Lt. Cmdr. Smi wrote:Some of them, especailly the one about spiders theoretically being able to live forever struck me as being nonsense the moment I read them.

Not live forever, but they are hella survivalists. There are stories from researchers who have locked spiders in containers with nothing more than a thimble-full of air to survive on, kept them there for over a year, and let them out and they were just fine.

-Damien

AnimeJet · Post by **AnimeJet** » 2004-04-25 11:28pm

I didn't read one that was mildy believable.. lol.. but funny.

Darth Yoshi · Post by **Darth Yoshi** » 2004-04-25 11:33pm

So much bullshit. 30 miles up, indeed.

Frank Hipper · Post by **Frank Hipper** » 2004-04-25 11:35pm

Spiders can "balloon" on the wind with their silk, but that's about the only fact on the entire page. Spiderlings of some species release these parachutes or "balloons" shortly after hatching in order to disperse.
I saw a pretty big orb weaver of some sort sailing across a pond with one of these parachutes as a kid in Ohio, even.
But spiders spending there entire lives aloft is, AFAIK, bullshit of the purest ray serene.

AnimeJet · Post by **AnimeJet** » 2004-04-25 11:58pm

I thought baby spiders just put out a few strands of webbing to float to a new area, not .. weave parachutes and fly high above the land o_O.

Frank Hipper · Post by **Frank Hipper** » 2004-04-25 11:59pm

AnimeJet wrote:I thought baby spiders just put out a few strands of webbing to float to a new area, not .. weave parachutes and fly high above the land o_O.

That's exactly what these "parachutes" are, just strands played out.

AnimeJet · Post by **AnimeJet** » 2004-04-26 12:21am

Frank Hipper wrote:
AnimeJet wrote:I thought baby spiders just put out a few strands of webbing to float to a new area, not .. weave parachutes and fly high above the land o_O.
That's exactly what these "parachutes" are, just strands played out.

Ah well, anyone stupid enough to believe any of those "facts" will probably think of a literal parachute =D

Post by **Kuja** » 2004-04-26 12:50am

AnimeJet wrote:I thought baby spiders just put out a few strands of webbing to float to a new area, not .. weave parachutes and fly high above the land o_O.

I wish they'd switch to using Polish parachutes.

Polish parachute...opens on impact!

jegs2 · Post by **jegs2** » 2004-04-26 01:22am

Say hello to the camel spider.

Shinova · Post by **Shinova** » 2004-04-26 01:34am

jegs2 wrote:Say hello to the camel spider.

I swear, that thing's been getting way too much internet publicity nowdays.