Comments on: Ancient spider never gets to finish dinner http://boingboing.net/2012/10/08/ancient-spider-never-gets-to-f.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Thu, 20 Jun 2013 04:37:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Bryce Caron http://boingboing.net/2012/10/08/ancient-spider-never-gets-to-f.html#comment-1551606 Bryce Caron Mon, 08 Oct 2012 22:46:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=185828#comment-1551606 I saw this documentary once where a group of scientists were able to extract dinosaur DNA from insects trapped in ancient amber and used it to clone extinct reptiles. I wonder if it would work with arachnids. I saw this documentary once where a group of scientists were able to extract dinosaur DNA from insects trapped in ancient amber and used it to clone extinct reptiles. I wonder if it would work with arachnids.

]]> By: Antinous / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2012/10/08/ancient-spider-never-gets-to-f.html#comment-1551553 Antinous / Moderator Mon, 08 Oct 2012 21:34:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=185828#comment-1551553 It only has to catch a small piece to get stuck. The engulfment can come later. It only has to catch a small piece to get stuck. The engulfment can come later.

]]> By: adgy http://boingboing.net/2012/10/08/ancient-spider-never-gets-to-f.html#comment-1551530 adgy Mon, 08 Oct 2012 21:15:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=185828#comment-1551530 It's nature's Instagram. It’s nature’s Instagram.

]]> By: Justus Perry http://boingboing.net/2012/10/08/ancient-spider-never-gets-to-f.html#comment-1551525 Justus Perry Mon, 08 Oct 2012 21:09:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=185828#comment-1551525 All I can think is that wasp is trapped in terror for all eternity. Man, I hate spiders... and wasps... All I can think is that wasp is trapped in terror for all eternity.

Man, I hate spiders… and wasps…

]]> By: Mister44 http://boingboing.net/2012/10/08/ancient-spider-never-gets-to-f.html#comment-1551490 Mister44 Mon, 08 Oct 2012 20:32:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=185828#comment-1551490 My two pieces of Baltic amber with insects in  them are two of my most prized possessions. You can look at them for a long time, staring into the past. My two pieces of Baltic amber with insects in  them are two of my most prized possessions. You can look at them for a long time, staring into the past.

]]> By: irksome http://boingboing.net/2012/10/08/ancient-spider-never-gets-to-f.html#comment-1551478 irksome Mon, 08 Oct 2012 20:22:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=185828#comment-1551478 Perhaps they were just close friends who died holding hands. Perhaps they were just close friends who died holding hands.

]]> By: Kmarlin http://boingboing.net/2012/10/08/ancient-spider-never-gets-to-f.html#comment-1551431 Kmarlin Mon, 08 Oct 2012 19:31:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=185828#comment-1551431 It's a shame that Maggie didn't watch her own links or she wouldn't have referred to it as sap. Sorry, it's resin.  It’s a shame that Maggie didn’t watch her own links or she wouldn’t have referred to it as sap. Sorry, it’s resin. 

]]> By: SomeGuyNamedMark http://boingboing.net/2012/10/08/ancient-spider-never-gets-to-f.html#comment-1551416 SomeGuyNamedMark Mon, 08 Oct 2012 19:15:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=185828#comment-1551416 Amazing that the spider's behavior and body plan has worked so well that it has pretty much remained unchanged for 100 million years. Amazing that the spider’s behavior and body plan has worked so well that it has pretty much remained unchanged for 100 million years.

]]> By: mariancisar http://boingboing.net/2012/10/08/ancient-spider-never-gets-to-f.html#comment-1551368 mariancisar Mon, 08 Oct 2012 18:34:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=185828#comment-1551368 How much sap was spewing out of those trees so that it could capture such an event at an instant? How much sap was spewing out of those trees so that it could capture such an event at an instant?

]]> By: Cedric Reichenbach http://boingboing.net/2012/10/08/ancient-spider-never-gets-to-f.html#comment-1551354 Cedric Reichenbach Mon, 08 Oct 2012 18:24:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=185828#comment-1551354 Reminds me of Spidercat... http://lolkitten.org/posts/1085_spidercaaat Reminds me of Spidercat… http://lolkitten.org/posts/1085_spidercaaat

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