fossilesque@mander.xyzM to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · 9 个月前Bees don't have lungs.mander.xyzimagemessage-square164linkfedilinkarrow-up1986arrow-down15file-text
arrow-up1981arrow-down1imageBees don't have lungs.mander.xyzfossilesque@mander.xyzM to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · 9 个月前message-square164linkfedilinkfile-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-squareAtomic@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up37·9 个月前Insects don’t have lungs. It also means their potential size is directly limited by the oxygen content in the air. Which is why we don’t see cat sized insects roaming around.
minus-squarevaultdweller013@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·9 个月前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.
minus-squaresamus12345@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·9 个月前Spiders aren’t insects. Though like them, they don’t have lungs! Not ones like ours, anyway.
minus-squarevaultdweller013@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·9 个月前In my defense I am a smartass not smart.
minus-squareAnomalocaris@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·9 个月前tarantulas do indeed have lungs though
minus-squarevaultdweller013@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·9 个月前Yeah they followed paths, I think it’s a way of avoiding dangerous terrain. They are rather fragile beasts.
minus-squareAtomic@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·9 个月前Arachnids are not insects though.
minus-squaredariusj18@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·9 个月前Related is this awesome video discussing dinosaur breathing https://youtu.be/WuMHfWSyoGI
Insects don’t have lungs. It also means their potential size is directly limited by the oxygen content in the air.
Which is why we don’t see cat sized insects roaming around.
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
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Yeah they followed paths, I think it’s a way of avoiding dangerous terrain. They are rather fragile beasts.
Arachnids are not insects though.
Related is this awesome video discussing dinosaur breathing
https://youtu.be/WuMHfWSyoGI