@andros_rex@lemmy.world to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish • 23 days agoAre spiders turtlely enough for the Turtle Club?lemmy.worldimagemessage-square77fedilinkarrow-up1363arrow-down10
arrow-up1363arrow-down1imageAre spiders turtlely enough for the Turtle Club?lemmy.world@andros_rex@lemmy.world to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish • 23 days agomessage-square77fedilink
minus-square@BubbaGumpsBackLumps@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish3•edit-223 days agoNot us this time… though we do have spiders that catch fish, snakes, lizards and birds
minus-square@remon@ani.sociallinkfedilinkEnglish2•edit-223 days agoSure you do, you got the same genus of fishing spiders. In fact, Australia has 14 of them (the US has 3).
minus-square@Mothra@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglish1•23 days agoI thought golden orb weavers would occasionally trap birds in their webs. I’ve definitely seen skinks caught in redbacks webs too Not sure on the snakes and fish tho
minus-square@Geobloke@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglish1•23 days agoWell… https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/redback-spider-snake-australia-eastern-brown-deadly-venom-a8811046.html
Not us this time… though we do have spiders that catch fish, snakes, lizards and birds
Sure you do, you got the same genus of fishing spiders. In fact, Australia has 14 of them (the US has 3).
I thought golden orb weavers would occasionally trap birds in their webs. I’ve definitely seen skinks caught in redbacks webs too
Not sure on the snakes and fish tho
Well…
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/redback-spider-snake-australia-eastern-brown-deadly-venom-a8811046.html