RIP Spidernaut: The Space-Traveling Arachnid Is Dead, millions of spiders mourn the loss
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[quote= "Smithsonian"]
The brave, space-faring spider that debuted at the Natural History Museum on Thursday after its 100-day stint at the International Space Station died yesterday. The museum announced the sad news Monday on its Facebook page, telling fans, “The loss of this special animal that inspired so many imaginations will be felt throughout the museum community.”
The spider, a red-backed jumping spider who went to space as part of a science experiment to test the animal’s ability to adapt its hunting techniques to a microgravity environment, died at 10 months of age. The museum reports that the species’ lifespan is roughly one year.
The body will be kept in the museum’s collections. Facebook comment makers wished the spider well on its now second departure from Earth.
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[url="http://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/UPDATE-Spidernaut-Dies-at-Smithsonian-Natural-History-Museum-182019061.html"]Source[/url].
A Picture of the hero that this world has loss:
[IMG]http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b196/Starmenclock/Spider631x300.jpg[/IMG]
He lived a life no spider could ever have lived, he shall be missed, R.I.P
That's one lucky spider.
man that must've been cool to watch that spider spooling around in zero gravity using webbing
a jumping spider in zero gravity sounds terrifying
I wonder if he adapted and learned to control. What would be cooler is if he slowed down his jumps knowing he didn't have to power-drive to travel farther or stick landings in distant/'high' places
To boldly spin, where no spider has spun before
Rest in peace spiderbro.
You were a true inspiration to us all.
The first spider in space. We will miss you you brave arachnid.
[video=youtube;mCEfqj9pDAI]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mCEfqj9pDAI[/video]
Spiders are awesome bros. Last fall, I rescued a Virginia Wolf Spider from a heavy freeze. She only had seven legs, from I assume kicking the ass of something awesome. Anyways. It got to the point that she would recognize when I was going to feed her.
She regrew her leg, and then laid an egg sack. When the eggs hatched, I took her out on a warm day and let her and her brood go.
Awesome stuff.
The arachnid moonwalk was a hoax
The greater test: How would a spider born and accustomed to zero-G react to Earth's gravity?
May he join [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laika"]Spacedog[/URL], [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monkeys_in_space"]Spacemonkey[/URL] and [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_bat#Bat_stowaway"]Spacebat[/URL] in Space Heaven.
[QUOTE=Da Big Man;38707231]The greater test: How would a spider born and accustomed to zero-G react to Earth's gravity?[/QUOTE]
That's a good question. I assume that the zero-g wouldn't affect their ability to walk since spiders don't have muscles.
[QUOTE=SadisticGecko;38707268]That's a good question. I assume that the zero-g wouldn't affect their ability to walk since spiders don't have muscles.[/QUOTE]
spiders DO have muscles.
[img]http://www.findaspider.org.au/info/images/Tarantula%20leg%20muscles.jpg[/img]
Yes, that's a tarantual leg, but jumping spiders also have similar muscles.
[QUOTE=Dracon;38707362]spiders DO have muscles.
[img]http://www.findaspider.org.au/info/images/Tarantula%20leg%20muscles.jpg[/img]
Yes, that's a tarantual leg, but jumping spiders also have similar muscles.[/QUOTE]
My zoology focused more on vertebrates than invertebrates.
[QUOTE=SadisticGecko;38707200]Spiders are awesome bros. Last fall, I rescued a Virginia Wolf Spider from a heavy freeze. She only had seven legs, from I assume kicking the ass of something awesome. Anyways. It got to the point that she would recognize when I was going to feed her.
She regrew her leg, and then laid an egg sack. When the eggs hatched, I took her out on a warm day and let her and her brood go.
Awesome stuff.[/QUOTE]
Wolf Spiders are pretty mean, venomous, and all around dangerous.
Got balls there, boy.
[QUOTE=SadisticGecko;38707408]My zoology focused more on vertebrates than invertebrates.[/QUOTE]
then maybe not make such dumb comments with literally no knowledge on the subject
[QUOTE=Camundongo;38707234]May he join [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laika"]Spacedog[/URL], [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monkeys_in_space"]Spacemonkey[/URL] and [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_bat#Bat_stowaway"]Spacebat[/URL] in Space Heaven.[/QUOTE]
God damn it; I've read the story of Laika about twenty times already, but it still makes me teary-eyed. At least space-spider died a peaceful death on earth.
[QUOTE=ForgottenKane;38707444]Wolf Spiders are pretty mean, venomous, and all around dangerous.
Got balls there, boy.[/QUOTE]
All spiders are venomous. Really, the only dangerous spiders around here are black widows and fiddlebacks.
[QUOTE=ButtsexV3;38707475]then maybe not make such dumb comments with literally no knowledge on the subject[/QUOTE]
I was going off of what I learned when I was younger: arachnids and insects move via changing the pressure in their limbs. I know things about spiders and arachnids, just not the in depth anatomy.
[QUOTE=KnowProblem;38706952]man that must've been cool to watch that spider spooling around in zero gravity using webbing[/QUOTE]
jumping spiders do not spin webs.
[QUOTE=SadisticGecko;38707645]All spiders are venomous. Really, the only dangerous spiders around here are black widows and fiddlebacks.
I was going off of what I learned when I was younger: arachnids and insects move via changing the pressure in their limbs. I know things about spiders and arachnids, just not the in depth anatomy.[/QUOTE]
wrong on both counts
[QUOTE=ButtsexV3;38707664]wrong on both counts[/QUOTE]
On the venomous part, are you meaning venomous enough to harm humans? Because in that case, there's only a handful that are harmful to humans.
[QUOTE=SadisticGecko;38707735]On the venomous part, are you meaning venomous enough to harm humans? Because in that case, there's only a handful that are harmful to humans.[/QUOTE]
trap door spiders and orb-weavers for example have no venom and rely on other methods to catch their prey
[QUOTE=ButtsexV3;38707788]trap door spiders and orb-weavers for example have no venom and rely on other methods to catch their prey[/QUOTE]
I'm finding information on google that says otherwise. Do you have specific species names I can look up?
"wished the spider well on its now second departure from Earth."
;-;7
if there's an afterlife, let this spider have a good one
[QUOTE=ButtsexV3;38707788]trap door spiders and orb-weavers for example have no venom and rely on other methods to catch their prey[/QUOTE]
[QUOTE=SadisticGecko;38707820]I'm finding information on google that says otherwise. Do you have specific species names I can look up?[/QUOTE]
Most orb-weavers do have venom. Only Cribellate Orb Weavers do not. Normal trap door spiders have venom, but there are a few species without it.
[QUOTE=Camundongo;38707234]May he join [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laika"]Spacedog[/URL], [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monkeys_in_space"]Spacemonkey[/URL] and [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_bat#Bat_stowaway"]Spacebat[/URL] in Space Heaven.[/QUOTE]
[img]http://img228.imageshack.us/img228/2195/spaceanimaals.jpg[/img]
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