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Close-up shots of spider eyes captured by Spanish macro photographer Javier Rupérez in c/mildlyinteresting@lemmy.world

[–] Ihmes@lemmy.world 12 points 2 days ago

Sounds like wolf spiders. They are actually good mammas and they haul their 'lings on their backs until they are old enough to disperse.

Evolutionary fence-sitters in c/memes@lemmy.world

[–] Ihmes@lemmy.world 19 points 2 months ago (2 children)

And since all land vertebrates are descendents of fish, and you can't evolve out of a clade, whales actually are fish.

When it's forecast to drop to -3 F and your power suddenly goes out... in c/tenforward@lemmy.world

[–] Ihmes@lemmy.world 19 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Playing FTL taught me that when you need to reroute power, life support is the first to go.

Keeping weapons hot, engines full and shields up make you dish out or avoid damage. The crew can hold their breath.

If you had to choose between being a Tarantula or a Tyrannosaurus Rex for the rest of your life which would you choose and why? in c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

[–] Ihmes@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Oxygen levels wouldn't be a factor. The "need high oxygen levels for large size" only applies to invertebrates with very simple breathing systems.

If trex had similar type of lungs as modern birds, they would do just fine. Bird lungs are super efficient (much better than mammals' puny blind sack lungs) that enable them to fly at high altitudes.