Spiders could eat us all
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Spiders could eat us all
http://globalnews.ca/news/3341294/spide ... ion-study/
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Spiders could eat every human on earth in just 1 year
A recent study by European scientists concluded that spiders eat between 440 million and 880 million tons of prey per year. (Or the total weight of every human on the planet.)...
...The study, which was written by professors Martin Nyffeler and Klaus Birkhofer, noted there are 45,000 individual species of spider that have been identified thus far with a combined weight of around 25 million metric tons....
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Re: Spiders could eat us all
I knew it – ever since I saw that arachnophobia film some years ago – with one of those lost souls all wrapped up for delivery. Why just yesterday I squished one of them – it was `aplotting as near as I could figure out, to go forth and reproduce in preparation for the big uprising.
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Re: Spiders could eat us all
Not a vegetarian in the whole group.
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Re: Spiders could eat us all
Spiders "will" eat us all.
FTFY
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I've come up with a set of rules that describe our reactions to technologies:
1. Anything that is in the world when you’re born is normal and ordinary and is just a natural part of the way the world works.
2. Anything that's invented between when you’re fifteen and thirty-five is new and exciting and revolutionary and you can probably get a career in it.
3. Anything invented after you're thirty-five is against the natural order of things.
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1. Anything that is in the world when you’re born is normal and ordinary and is just a natural part of the way the world works.
2. Anything that's invented between when you’re fifteen and thirty-five is new and exciting and revolutionary and you can probably get a career in it.
3. Anything invented after you're thirty-five is against the natural order of things.
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Actually, I don`t mind - as long as they wait until I have been processed by maggots....
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Re: Spiders could eat us all
I have made a pact and keep close by and protect those who eat their brethren. And I will not take care of your pets once the uprising and devouring has begun. MWAHAHAHAHA 
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scrmbldggs wrote:I have made a pact and keep close by and protect those who eat their brethren. And I will not take care of your pets once the uprising and devouring has begun. MWAHAHAHAHA
Meh, I'll just get the guys who mow all the lawns on "The Walking Dead".
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Re: Spiders could eat us all
I like spiders and have kept tarantulas as pets.
One point I'd like to make: If there is an endangered animal (like the Hawa'iian monk seal) that is cute, money will roll in from donors who want to see it protected. If the animal in question is and endangered spider or snake...you would be lucky to see a dime...yet snake and spider venoms have been yielding valuable medicines to treat cancer, diabetes, and heart disease.
They are just as deserving of protection as a beautiful bird or cute seal.
One point I'd like to make: If there is an endangered animal (like the Hawa'iian monk seal) that is cute, money will roll in from donors who want to see it protected. If the animal in question is and endangered spider or snake...you would be lucky to see a dime...yet snake and spider venoms have been yielding valuable medicines to treat cancer, diabetes, and heart disease.
They are just as deserving of protection as a beautiful bird or cute seal.
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I think the Brits would agree that a beautiful bird is a lovely thing.
And I know a few guys who think SEALs are very cute.
I also think that drinking this early in the day makes the Internet less boring.
And I know a few guys who think SEALs are very cute.
I also think that drinking this early in the day makes the Internet less boring.
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Re: Spiders could eat us all
Well known fact:
Each year, a spider eats eight humans in its sleep.
Each year, a spider eats eight humans in its sleep.
I've come up with a set of rules that describe our reactions to technologies:
1. Anything that is in the world when you’re born is normal and ordinary and is just a natural part of the way the world works.
2. Anything that's invented between when you’re fifteen and thirty-five is new and exciting and revolutionary and you can probably get a career in it.
3. Anything invented after you're thirty-five is against the natural order of things.
- Douglas Adams
1. Anything that is in the world when you’re born is normal and ordinary and is just a natural part of the way the world works.
2. Anything that's invented between when you’re fifteen and thirty-five is new and exciting and revolutionary and you can probably get a career in it.
3. Anything invented after you're thirty-five is against the natural order of things.
- Douglas Adams
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Re: Spiders could eat us all
ElectricMonk wrote:Well known fact:
Each year, a spider eats eight humans in its sleep.
Well! We have to find that spider and stop it!
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Re: Spiders could eat us all
Gawdzilla Sama wrote:I think the Brits would agree that a beautiful bird is a lovely thing ...
They do.
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