fossilesque@mander.xyzM to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · 23 days agoBees don't have lungs.mander.xyzimagemessage-square192linkfedilinkarrow-up1952arrow-down15file-text
arrow-up1947arrow-down1imageBees don't have lungs.mander.xyzfossilesque@mander.xyzM to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · 23 days agomessage-square192linkfedilinkfile-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-up37·23 days 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-up15·23 days 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-squaresamus12345@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·edit-223 days agoSpiders aren’t insects. Though like them, they don’t have lungs! Not ones like ours, anyway.
minus-squarevaultdweller013@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·23 days agoIn my defense I am a smartass not smart.
minus-squareAnomalocaris@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·22 days agotarantulas do indeed have lungs though
minus-squareWren@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·23 days agoWait… tarantula trails are a thing?
minus-squarevaultdweller013@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·23 days agoYeah they followed paths, I think it’s a way of avoiding dangerous terrain. They are rather fragile beasts.
minus-squareAtomic@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·21 days agoArachnids are not insects though.
minus-squaredariusj18@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·22 days 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.
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
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.
Arachnids are not insects though.
Related is this awesome video discussing dinosaur breathing
https://youtu.be/WuMHfWSyoGI
that was great! thanks!