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Bees don't have lungs. (mander.xyz)
submitted 4 days ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/jan/31/they-survived-fire-and-lead-poisoning-so-what-happened-next-to-notre-dames-bees-aoe

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 4 days ago (4 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago

Arachnids are not insects though.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 days ago

tarantulas do indeed have lungs though

[–] [email protected] 11 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

Spiders aren't insects. Though like them, they don't have lungs! Not ones like ours, anyway.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 days ago (1 children)

In my defense I am a smartass not smart.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 days ago

Eh, you were close enough.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Wait… tarantula trails are a thing?

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 days ago

Yeah they followed paths, I think it's a way of avoiding dangerous terrain. They are rather fragile beasts.