Posted on 04/28/2018 6:31:22 AM PDT by DUMBGRUNT
The world’s oldest known spider has died at the age of 43, outliving its nearest rival by 15 years, Australian scientists have reported.
Affectionately known as “Number 16”, the female Giaus Villosus or trapdoor spider had been under observation in the wild since its birth in 1974.
The arachnid is believed to have survived for so long by sticking to one protected burrow its entire life and expending the minimum of energy.
(Excerpt) Read more at telegraph.co.uk ...
I would like to set a new Clan record for males, exceeding my fathers 92 years.
This bodes well for the North American Millennial Basement Dweller.
I don’t know what’s weirder - that someone would be counting the days a spider lives or that they would feel “miserable” once it dies.
Meanwhile “scientists” are directing that little sick human babies die.
Grant money died along with the spider?
They could have just crushed the spider 46 years ago, and no more time would be wasted crying over it.
The trapdoor species typically take five to seven years to mature and will then invest their energies in a single burrow, with the females rarely venturing more than a few metres away from their place of birth.
Females anyway?
Shoulda had a job watching spiders all day instead of hanging around cannon fire and screaming turbine engines all my life.
Similar to the USDA Agent who’s farmer died.
Lived that long by staying close to home and expending minimal energy? I should live to 200.
Had to be a lucky move to get past the exoskeleton.
Boris the spider
Boris the spider
Creepy, crawly
Creepy, crawly
Creepy, creepy, crawly, crawly
Creepy, creepy, crawly, crawly
Creepy, creepy, crawly, crawly
Creepy, creepy, crawly, crawly
He’s come to a sticky end
Don’t think he will ever mend
Never more will he crawl around
He’s embedded in the ground
Being a free-range spider, how can they be certain this not actually #160827?
Or perhaps a few head lice dropped off the researchers, and provided extra nourishment?
This is how I live my life.....I've been told it has the opposite affect!!
Think of the bright side.
You could have ended up an M88 Mechanic?
Or worse, a Grunt!
43 spider years is equal to 430 human years...same age as Nancy Pelosi’s brain.
I wonder if the constant surveillance scared off potential predators.
For liberals in their world everything is more important than human life, even a single aged spider....
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