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[–] vaultdweller013@sh.itjust.works 15 points 5 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.

[–] Atomic@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 days ago

Arachnids are not insects though.

[–] samus12345@lemm.ee 11 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

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

[–] vaultdweller013@sh.itjust.works 8 points 5 days ago (1 children)

In my defense I am a smartass not smart.

[–] samus12345@lemm.ee 4 points 5 days ago

Eh, you were close enough.

[–] Anomalocaris@lemm.ee 8 points 4 days ago

tarantulas do indeed have lungs though

[–] WrenFeathers@lemmy.world 4 points 5 days ago (1 children)

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.