b3ta.com board
You are not logged in. Login or Signup
Home » Messageboard » Message 10486653 (Thread)

# Two creepy animals rolled into one.
And I thought the Assassin Spider was scary.

budak.blogs.com/the_annotated_budak/images/assassin_spider.jpg

Best not to click on that if you hate long necked, massive jawed spiders.
(I helped save b3ta! Bourbon Fox Bourbon is a moron, Sun 24 Jul 2011, 16:15, archived)
# hard to tell what's happening here but
something is dying, and that's a plus ;p
(I helped save b3ta! LS18, Sun 24 Jul 2011, 16:18, archived)
# Unfortunately not the assassin spider (thing on the left)
You can see the abdomen and thorax at the bottom of the picture, and a really long neck, with one of the mandibles resting against it, the other impaling a... thing.

At least that's my understanding of it.
(I helped save b3ta! Bourbon Fox Bourbon is a moron, Sun 24 Jul 2011, 16:21, archived)
# they look awesome
nature.berkeley.edu/~hwood/Images.html
(The Director of Directing, Sun 24 Jul 2011, 16:24, archived)
# evolution is amazing
(I helped save b3ta! LS18, Sun 24 Jul 2011, 16:26, archived)
# ^This.
You know some experts reckon this is as far as humans are going to evolve, as we are building our world to suit us so well?
(I helped save b3ta! Bourbon Fox Bourbon is a moron, Sun 24 Jul 2011, 16:31, archived)
# biologically, I assume you mean
(I helped save b3ta! LS18, Sun 24 Jul 2011, 16:35, archived)
# Biologically, yes.
(I helped save b3ta! Bourbon Fox Bourbon is a moron, Sun 24 Jul 2011, 16:38, archived)
# So we're not all going the Wall-e route?
(I helped save b3ta! RedHouse over yonder, Sun 24 Jul 2011, 16:40, archived)
# If what they've said is true (and I see no reason to quarrel with it)
then it is likely that our continued manipulation of the environment might put increased pressure on other species to survive, thereby triggering further evolution among them than might otherwise be the case.
(if that makes any sense)
(I helped save b3ta! LS18, Sun 24 Jul 2011, 16:44, archived)
# I can see where you're coming from.
With all the deforestation and whatnot, animals, even as we speak, are evolving; maybe not physically but they are adapting to their ever-changing habitat.

I can see animals like pandas, who rely on us, becoming more... domesticated?
(I helped save b3ta! Bourbon Fox Bourbon is a moron, Sun 24 Jul 2011, 16:47, archived)
# related to that
I'd like to see an image challenge re: animals/creatures evolving physically and/or behaviorally to compete in the human world. I suggested it but it didn't make the grade.
(I helped save b3ta! LS18, Sun 24 Jul 2011, 16:52, archived)
# That'd be an excellent challenge for next week.
Lot of mileage in that one.
(I helped save b3ta! Bourbon Fox Bourbon is a moron, Sun 24 Jul 2011, 17:15, archived)