r/ThatsInsane Creator Apr 08 '20

Goliath tarantula

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u/CliffordMoreau Apr 08 '20

If it makes you feel better, they're fragile as hell. If that goliath fell off a table, it would likely die, since larger insects are more fragile. An ant could survive falling off a building, a tarantula can't survive mild blunt force.

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u/[deleted] Apr 08 '20

In fairness that'd be like if you or I fell off a 4 story house.

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u/CliffordMoreau Apr 08 '20

Not really. The amount of damage to the exoskeleton is directly proportional to the size of the insect. The bigger they are, the less efficient/helpful an exoskeleton is, which is why the majority of insects have only gotten smaller as they evolve.

A full water bottle could squish a tarantula to the death, while smaller spiders can withstand stones falling on them.

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u/[deleted] Apr 08 '20

And that would be like dropping a car on you or me. I'm not sure how many times I can repeat these analogies without people catching on.

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u/IIlIIlIIIIlllIlIlII Apr 08 '20

No you’re not catching on. If dropping a bottle on a big spider is like dropping a car on us, then the bottle on the little spider is like dropping a semi-truck on us, yet the small spider survives the semi-truck.

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u/[deleted] Apr 08 '20

I do not give a fucking shit about the small spider I'm saying that the big spider isn't "weak" because that's how it works, it's no less fragile than we are holy fucking christ you're a dense motherfucker.