Sunday, December 4, 2011

Spider Pictures - A Celebration of 200 Million Years of Engineering

Here are some pictures that I ferreted out to make a power point presentation for a Halloween themed science camp.  Enjoy. :)



































8 comments:

  1. thanks for this post. i am both terrified of and intrigued by spiders. it's a fairly twisted situation. same thing with snakes. i think they're really interesting and neat, but i know spiders are always thinking: "i'm about to run at your FACE!" :)

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  2. Dacia, here's another reason to be terrified of spiders: http://www.cracked.com/article_19774_6-terrifying-creatures-that-keep-going-after-theyre-dead_p2.html

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    1. ha! correct. label me terrified, please. also, i feel the need to post this to defend females everywhere hahaha :)
      http://scienceray.com/biology/the-worlds-most-amazing-and-greatest-mothers/

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    2. Are you responding to this post I made a while ago? http://www.nytimes.com/2006/05/09/science/09mama.html?_r=2&pagewanted=all

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    3. nope, but i did see that when you posted it via facebook, and i imagined it would be what you thought. it was actually somewhat in response to a comment you made on a post on facebook (can't find it) about male spiders being eaten by female spiders. then there is this:

      http://www.cracked.com/article_19711_the-7-worst-sex-lives-in-animal-kingdom_p2.html

      and i love the final line: "it's like they have their own private ivf clinic, but with more murder." yikes!!!

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    4. aaaaaaaaaand it wasn't a comment you made. it's a comment the narrator made in a video you posted. wow. i've been up for a while but it doesn't appear that way.

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    5. Cracked has the best lists--classic interweb.

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    6. Hey, thanks for sharing. I posted to FB, but didn't tag you. Perhaps you'd be thankful of that. :)

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