andros_rex@lemmy.world to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · 10 months agoAre spiders turtlely enough for the Turtle Club?lemmy.worldimagemessage-square85fedilinkarrow-up1373
arrow-up1373imageAre spiders turtlely enough for the Turtle Club?lemmy.worldandros_rex@lemmy.world to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · 10 months agomessage-square85fedilink
minus-squareBubbaGumpsBackLumps@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·edit-210 months agoNot us this time… though we do have spiders that catch fish, snakes, lizards and birds
minus-squareremon@ani.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-210 months agoSure you do, you got the same genus of fishing spiders. In fact, Australia has 14 of them (the US has 3).
minus-squareGeobloke@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·10 months agoWell… https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/redback-spider-snake-australia-eastern-brown-deadly-venom-a8811046.html
minus-squareMothra@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·10 months 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
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).
Well…
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/redback-spider-snake-australia-eastern-brown-deadly-venom-a8811046.html
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