@[email protected]M to Science [email protected]English • 4 months agoBees don't have lungs.mander.xyzimagemessage-square190fedilinkarrow-up1955
arrow-up1955imageBees don't have lungs.mander.xyz@[email protected]M to Science [email protected]English • 4 months agomessage-square190fedilink
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@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish35•4 months agoInsects 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-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish14•4 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@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish10•edit-24 months agoSpiders aren’t insects. Though like them, they don’t have lungs! Not ones like ours, anyway.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish8•4 months agoIn my defense I am a smartass not smart.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish8•4 months agoYeah they followed paths, I think it’s a way of avoiding dangerous terrain. They are rather fragile beasts.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish8•4 months agotarantulas do indeed have lungs though
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish7•4 months agoRelated 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.
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.
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Yeah they followed paths, I think it’s a way of avoiding dangerous terrain. They are rather fragile beasts.
tarantulas do indeed have lungs though
Related is this awesome video discussing dinosaur breathing
https://youtu.be/WuMHfWSyoGI
that was great! thanks!