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if arachnids were the size of people.. * 1
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would they be just as fast as they are small?..

, or does gravity have a set number which we must all follow?..


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Re: if arachnids were the size of people.. [Re: zZZz]
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I'm scared of spiders why would you post this right before I'm about to go to bed?


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Re: if arachnids were the size of people.. [Re: Zombi3]
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cuz u love spiders so much

this thread was for u..

well that;s the last time i buy u beer man :snub:


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Re: if arachnids were the size of people.. [Re: zZZz]
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Shroomslip said:
Going off the top of my head and something I looked up a while back, no. Put simply the mass of their legs slamming into the ground to scale up the speed would put too much stress on the legs and they'd snap. Bone or exoskeleton.


Really depends on the spider you're talking about, but in general, once you scale it up, you're looking at speeds of hundreds of mph. Then there's also the problem of muscle power to contend with. To run faster you have to push harder, to push harder you need more muscle. Which adds overall weight and then we need more power just to compensate for the extra weight.

For the record I had wondered if cockroaches human sized would still be able to run proportionally as fast as there smaller brethren. Turns out, no they couldn't physiologically.


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With my face against the floor I can’t see who knocked me out of the way.
I don’t want to get back up but I have to so it might as well be today.
Nothing appeals to me no one feels like me, I’m too busy being calm to disappear.
I’m in no shape to be alone contrary to the shit that you might hear.


You can't wake up, this is not a dream. You're part of a machine, you are not a human being
With your face all made up, living on a screen. Low on self esteem, so you run on gasoline

Edited by Shroomslip (07/11/15 01:07 AM)

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Re: if arachnids were the size of people.. [Re: Shroomslip]
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It's all relative


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Re: if arachnids were the size of people.. [Re: Zombi3]
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btw u ever hear the native american story about the fearless warrior?

if not, gather around the fire kids

there was once a very brave warrior who wasnt scared of anything

he'd be all cocky about it too,

legend has it, some ghosts found out about this warrior and decided to give him a scare, "fearless warrior my ass" they'd say

well one day while the fearless warrior was walking alone the ghosts decided to surprise him

"behold!, i am ghost" one ghost said

but the fearless warrior was unimpressed

*yawn* went the fearless warrior and he started toying with the ghost

"hey give me back my head the ghost would tell the warrior"

well like three ghosts tried to scare him and none were successful

even to the point where the young warrior arrived at his village on a ghost horse he had stolen from one of the ghost themselves, scaring everyone in the village

well when he arrived to his village everyone was exited to hear his story

but while he was sitting down and telling this story to his comrades, a small spider decided to crawl on the brave young warrior, and when the warrior noticed the small spider he jump straight from the ground and screamed like a little bitch

the end


moral of the story, tl;dr

everyone is scared of something


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Re: if arachnids were the size of people.. [Re: Zombi3]
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tarantulas are hella slow.

i would imagine as a creature gets larger it gets slower


it really depends on the circumstances that allowed it to get big

like what it eats what tries yto eat it
i mean elephants are big as fuck
but they can be fast as fuck

raised in an envoiornment that tries to kill them, and migrate arounds n shit= more musculkar and fit= faster


what in the world is hunting gaint spiders? they eat birds.


lizards and fish maybe?

less stress on the species = moves slower


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Re: if arachnids were the size of people.. [Re: zZZz]
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I'm afraid of cockroaches  :okay:

Not like "I don't like them or I hope it doesn't crawl on me" I mean like "scream like a little bitch when one runs in my direction". I'll run out of the room, heart pounding like leather face is chasing me with a chainsaw, slam the door and then I won't stop looking at the floor and walls for the next hour. I won't leave my sanctum unless it is absolutely nessecary and even then, I creep around like one would in a horror movie trying to escape the unfamiliar and seemingly endless house. Every step is taken with great trepidation as I scan the floor, walls and ceilings for anything that even slightly resembles a roach.

I have a severe phobia of them because of a stupid fucking nightmare I had when I was about 5 or 6. I even kept the fucking things as "pets" and HELD them before the nightmare... After I was absolutely terrified of them.

Do you know how pathetic it is a nearly 30 year old man has to get his wife to go kill a fucking roach.. :feelsbadman:


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With my face against the floor I can’t see who knocked me out of the way.
I don’t want to get back up but I have to so it might as well be today.
Nothing appeals to me no one feels like me, I’m too busy being calm to disappear.
I’m in no shape to be alone contrary to the shit that you might hear.


You can't wake up, this is not a dream. You're part of a machine, you are not a human being
With your face all made up, living on a screen. Low on self esteem, so you run on gasoline

Edited by Shroomslip (07/11/15 01:22 AM)

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Re: if arachnids were the size of people.. [Re: Shroomslip]
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I'm 24 and every girlfriend I've ever had or am going to have, kills te spiders.


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Re: if arachnids were the size of people.. [Re: Shroomslip]
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shit man, id get my wife to kill them roaches too :feelsparanoidman: :hugitout:

i am the same way with mosquitoes..


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Re: if arachnids were the size of people.. [Re: Zombi3]
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Zombi3 said:
I'm 24 and every girlfriend I've ever had or am going to have, kills te spiders.


Spiders are my job, I'm not the least bit afraid of them. I'll smash them with an object if it's handy, my only aversion to doing it with my bare hands is I don't want bug juice on me. But I just had to smash one with my hand the other day. Spiders are to my wife what roaches are to me. We have a nice little trade off.


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With my face against the floor I can’t see who knocked me out of the way.
I don’t want to get back up but I have to so it might as well be today.
Nothing appeals to me no one feels like me, I’m too busy being calm to disappear.
I’m in no shape to be alone contrary to the shit that you might hear.


You can't wake up, this is not a dream. You're part of a machine, you are not a human being
With your face all made up, living on a screen. Low on self esteem, so you run on gasoline

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Re: if arachnids were the size of people.. [Re: Shroomslip] * 1
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The only way for spiders to be human-sized is in your imagination, or the movies. So they can run however fast you think they would because it's impossible for them to survive at that size. My guess is they would collapse under their own weight and the suffocate from inability to absorb enough oxygen


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Re: if arachnids were the size of people.. [Re: Black_Sunset]
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How come no ones put a go pro on a spider?


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Re: if arachnids were the size of people.. [Re: twighead]
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the go pro would be too small. the spider would squash it


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Re: if arachnids were the size of people.. [Re: zZZz]
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lets put a go pro on an eagle


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Re: if arachnids were the size of people.. [Re: twighead]
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never been done


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Re: if arachnids were the size of people.. [Re: twighead]
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twighead said:
lets put a go pro on an eagle


Can I just eat the Eagle instead? For as coveted as that bird is, it has got to be damned good.


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With my face against the floor I can’t see who knocked me out of the way.
I don’t want to get back up but I have to so it might as well be today.
Nothing appeals to me no one feels like me, I’m too busy being calm to disappear.
I’m in no shape to be alone contrary to the shit that you might hear.


You can't wake up, this is not a dream. You're part of a machine, you are not a human being
With your face all made up, living on a screen. Low on self esteem, so you run on gasoline

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Re: if arachnids were the size of people.. [Re: Zombi3]
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Zombi3 said:
I'm 24 and every girlfriend I've ever had or am going to have, kills te spiders.


Hahaha ya same age. Spiders creep me out. Bugs in general. Ill handle my manly duty but dont expect me to particularly enjoy it. However i do like looking at them when there web building. As long as its just not surprise mother fucker im a spider and you just turned on the lights in your own house. :lol:


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Re: if arachnids were the size of people.. [Re: Enjoywho]
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Gravity actually *IS* the reason why bugs are small and why animals have limited sizes they can reach on land and water.  Its the reason why we can have massive animals like blue whales in the ocean, but nothing anywhere close to that on land. 

Insects biology pretty much limits them to being small. 

In addition the the gravity, the amount of oxygen and other gasses in the air, but mostly oxygen, is also a major limiting factor.

There was a nature show all about it, well, mostly about this subject and a few others relating that David Attenbourough hosted and narrated.  ErgI cannot remember the name of it off the top of my head but if I remember I'll post it.

There is also mention of this same subject in an insect specific show he also hosted.


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Re: if arachnids were the size of people.. [Re: mndfreeze]
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There was also a show on Animal Planet called "The Most Extreme" that went over the limitations for insects and other organisms with exoskeletons that made it on its countdowns.  I don't think David Attenborough narrated any episodes, but I may be wrong.


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