Do spiders and other tiny things have a heart?

[adomakin]

Accidently smoked some A1 chronic last night and ended up having a debate over tiny spiders and other silly little insects and if they had a heart and a blood system and if it was pumped round their tiny little hands and feet.

Anyone like to interject?

Andy, UK

[Moses]

Yes. Spiders have hearts, too.

[Sonic dB]

I have no idea what A1 chronic is....sounds like some kind of scientific hallucinagin.

Yes, all living things have heart and soul. Except maybe some plants.

[adomakin]

amazing. what about if they needed a triple bypass through years of bad diet and alchohol abuse? keyhole surgery?

[ronin]

hmmm, you insinuating that flies and such are high in cholesterol?

[SRISER]

Spiders are on the Atkins diet...gotta be bad for the ticker in the long run...but they do have those slim thorax's and legs...clearly the diet works.

[motion]

I wonder if some spiders and other critters are prone to being overweight, or if that is a uniquely human characteristic?

[304065]

They have an exoskeleton so if they consume too much they die. To grow, they must molt the old exoskeleton.

I know what "Chronic" is, is A1 the classification, like A-1 Steak Sauce, or does it have something to do with a road?

[SilverPoly]

Someone at work was telling me that an average person eats 7 spiders in their lifetime during his/her sleeping hours. Think about that the next time you wake up and feel something caught in your throat. Yack..

I think Andy means A-1 like the steak sauce. Or maybe he just wants to eat some steak with A-1 after he's had his chronic. .

[RickM]

Originally posted by Steve79SC
Someone at work was telling me that an average person eats 7 spiders in their lifetime during his/her sleeping hours.

Guess it could be worse.....

[ronin]

Originally posted by Steve79SC
Someone at work was telling me that an average person eats 7 spiders in their lifetime during his/her sleeping hours. Think about that the next time you wake up and feel something caught in your throat. Yack..

now that is cool! I mean, serves those little bastards right to try and set up shop without paying rent

[911ctS]

wow how cool. I've heard that same statistic, except I heard it was something like 70-80 spiders. they just see a moist hole shack up I guess.

ado... I too know all about the A-1.

[Moses]

Originally posted by Steve79SC
Someone at work was telling me that an average person eats 7 spiders in their lifetime during his/her sleeping hours...

Hmmm...well, okay.

[BlueSkyJaunte]

Sorry, that gets a bigger "yick" than the spiders. At least the spiders are free of any complex polymers.

[RickM]

Woof....

[RickM]

Do spiders and other tiny things have a heart? Haven't you ever heard of Spider Veins?

Everything you want to know about Spiders...including their heart, arteries, respiratory system: http://atshq.org/articles/Respiration.pdf

[Zeke]

Spiders are classifed as animals. Insects have 6 legs for the most part. Spiders, with their 8 legs, aren't insects for some reason. It has to be more than the legs.

[RickM]

Quote:

"What are the differences between spiders and insects?

-Spiders have two main body parts, eight walking legs, simple eyes and piercing jaws (fangs), abdominal silk spinning organs, anterior abdominal genital opening.

-Insects have three main body parts, six walking legs, compound eyes, antennae, chewing jaws (mandibles - often secondarily modified), posterior abdominal genital opening.

-Spiders can't fly.

-Many insects can fly."

[vash]

Originally posted by RickM
Quote:

"What are the differences between spiders and insects?

-Spiders have two main body parts, eight walking legs, simple eyes and piercing jaws (fangs), abdominal silk spinning organs, anterior abdominal genital opening.

-Insects have three main body parts, six walking legs, compound eyes, antennae, chewing jaws (mandibles - often secondarily modified), posterior abdominal genital opening.

-Spiders can't fly.

-Many insects can fly."

if i didnt hate mosquitos so damn much, i would be way scared of spiders. i had a traumatizing event at camp.......bleeech. hueco tanks, near elpaso. man, here comes the goosebumps.

[ronin]

Originally posted by RickM
-Spiders can't fly.

eau contraire, mon frer. although spiders don't have biological appendages that are meant to enable them to fly, (probably what you meant) some species fly over considerable distances by secreting strands of web that will carry them aloft on breezes. pretty clever, actually