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Are spiders turtlely enough for the Turtle Club? (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 day ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

I know your age range just from the master of disguise reference

[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

Saw that shit in theatres. As well as Baby Geniuses 2 and Meet the Spartans.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 hours ago

You're my exact age 31. And 32 in a few months

[–] [email protected] 51 points 21 hours ago* (last edited 21 hours ago) (5 children)

Sleep tight.

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

Why limit it to the US? Dolomedes is international.

Also yes I will sleep tight, knowing these adorable and accomplished spiders are out there living their best lives.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 hours ago

there's the slight alleviating factor of most people not living in lakes

[–] [email protected] 25 points 19 hours ago

Not entirely accurate, there are some save zones in North- an West Alaska.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 20 hours ago (3 children)

What does red mean?

[–] [email protected] 31 points 20 hours ago (3 children)

Red is land, white represents where the spiders are.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 12 hours ago

We've lost Canada and Mexico to the spiders already...

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 hours ago

Obviously this blue part here is the land...

[–] [email protected] 4 points 16 hours ago

But how do they fish on land?

[–] [email protected] 15 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

Spider.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 19 hours ago (2 children)

That would be very disheartening if I lived in America

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago)

They are in many countries. But they are not scary.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

these days it doesn't even make the top 10 list of disturbing things for people living in America

[–] [email protected] 6 points 13 hours ago

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[–] [email protected] 88 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Thanks, I hate it.

[–] [email protected] 40 points 1 day ago

Poor turtle :( he's just a little fella

[–] [email protected] 78 points 1 day ago (3 children)

How strong is that spider that it can lift a turtle? Will one nuke be enough?

[–] [email protected] 15 points 19 hours ago

"Laughs in australian"

[–] [email protected] 23 points 23 hours ago

Let's see how strong they are under a blanket of napalm.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

That's nothing ...

[–] [email protected] 12 points 19 hours ago

“This silk used to lift the prey, it’s very strong, comparable to steel, but it is as elastic as the normal silk you would use to make clothes”

That’s crazy, and awesome.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 1 day ago (8 children)

That's gotta be in Australia...

[–] [email protected] 32 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Nope, southern US. Found in a local group.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 hours ago

Great find! There are various members of Dolomedes in other countries. Some specialise in rivers, other lakes.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Nope, that's a north American species.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 day ago

That's it, I'm petitioning the Army to let me have my M203 back.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 18 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago) (3 children)

Not us this time... though we do have spiders that catch fish, snakes, lizards and birds

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago)

Sure you do, you got the same genus of fishing spiders. In fact, Australia has 14 of them (the US has 3).

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 hours ago

Well....

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/redback-spider-snake-australia-eastern-brown-deadly-venom-a8811046.html

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 hours ago

I thought golden orb weavers would occasionally trap birds in their webs. I've definitely seen skinks caught in redbacks webs too