@[email protected]M to Science [email protected]English • 1 month agoBees don't have lungs.mander.xyzimagemessage-square195fedilinkarrow-up1953
arrow-up1953imageBees don't have lungs.mander.xyz@[email protected]M to Science [email protected]English • 1 month agomessage-square195fedilink
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•1 month 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•1 month 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-21 month agoSpiders aren’t insects. Though like them, they don’t have lungs! Not ones like ours, anyway.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish8•1 month agoIn my defense I am a smartass not smart.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish8•1 month agoYeah they followed paths, I think it’s a way of avoiding dangerous terrain. They are rather fragile beasts.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish7•1 month 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.
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.
tarantulas do indeed have lungs though
Related is this awesome video discussing dinosaur breathing
https://youtu.be/WuMHfWSyoGI
that was great! thanks!