fossilesque@mander.xyzM to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · 3 months agoBees don't have lungs.mander.xyzimagemessage-square179linkfedilinkarrow-up1797arrow-down15file-text
arrow-up1792arrow-down1imageBees don't have lungs.mander.xyzfossilesque@mander.xyzM to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square179linkfedilinkfile-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-up16·3 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-squarevaultdweller013@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·3 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-squareAnomalocaris@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·3 months agotarantulas do indeed have lungs though
minus-squaresamus12345@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·edit-23 months agoSpiders aren’t insects. Though like them, they don’t have lungs! Not ones like ours, anyway.
minus-squarevaultdweller013@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·3 months agoIn my defense I am a smartass not smart.
minus-squareAtomic@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 months agoArachnids are not insects though.
minus-squarevaultdweller013@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 months agoYeah they followed paths, I think it’s a way of avoiding dangerous terrain. They are rather fragile beasts.
minus-squaredariusj18@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·3 months agoRelated is this awesome video discussing dinosaur breathing https://youtu.be/WuMHfWSyoGI
minus-squareTomasEkeli@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 months agothat was great! thanks!
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.
tarantulas do indeed have lungs 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.
Arachnids are not insects though.
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Yeah they followed paths, I think it’s a way of avoiding dangerous terrain. They are rather fragile beasts.
Related is this awesome video discussing dinosaur breathing
https://youtu.be/WuMHfWSyoGI
that was great! thanks!