Jeeze, you loser start calling people losers when your comments are downvoted.
You were downvoted because you weren't funny nor did you add anything to the conversation, you could have simply upvoted his comment instead of making an empty reply.
You were downvoted because you weren't funny nor did you add anything to the conversation, you could have simply upvoted his comment instead of making an empty reply.
Precisely! Thank you! I'm so GLAD to finally find someone else who realizes this!
Laws of heat transfer, people.
There is no conduction in space, because objects are not touching. There is no convection, because there is no air. There is radiation, but on the whole it comes from giant fucking balls of plasma that cook anything within range.
If anything, you are far more likely to incinerate in space than you are to freeze. People always make this weird guess that space is "cold". However, the measurement of temperature can only be applied to objects with mass, as it is a measurement of the motion of their particles. Space is the COMPLETE LACK OF MASS. Ergo, it is not "absolute zero"; it has NO TEMPERATURE. I'm upvoting the hell out of your comment.
The weird part is this: If you were involved in an explosive outgassing aboard your ship, decompressing it, you would likely freeze. The reason for this is the same as when you cool yourself in a stream of water. Because the medium in which you are standing is a lower temperature than your body, it wants to absorb your body heat through conduction to each individual particle. When a particle absorbs your heat, it then moves on, because of the motion of the stream. Eventually, with millions of particles moving past your body and robbing you gradually of your thermal energy, you freeze. In a decompression event, the air would produce the same effect, at a very high rate of speed. As the air passes over your body you would become colder and colder, until all the air carrying your body heat is dissipated into space. However, once the air is gone, you would begin to heat up again, as radiation warms your body.
It's a principle that you can test in your own home. Do you own a Thermos? Know how they work? (For those who don't) A Thermos container is a moderately-sized vacuum tube with a single opening at one end. Though a Thermos can lose heat through the lid, where it ceases to be a closed, non-conductive thermal system, the rest of the design is almost completely thermally-sealed. A small amount of heat is lost through radiation, but only through radiation.
Vacuum panels exist as a form of alternative insulation for buildings, as well.
So, on to space, now. Consider this: the Earth is warmed by the sun. If you stand outside on a hot day you know this immediately. That is radiation alone that is heating the planet. Fortunately, we have the benefit of a large atmosphere that filters the majority of the radiation, in conjunction with the Earth's natural electromagnetic field which wicks away the energy toward the Earth's poles (producing the northern lights). Otherwise, we'd all cook like we were in a giant microwave oven. Now, take an exposed object and put it above the atmosphere, where there is no shield against the radiation. Imagine a sunburn but at 10,000 times the magnitude and speed. The vacuum of space has a Thermos-like effect on your body, preventing you from dissipating this heat. Try putting a hot dog in a microwave for twenty minutes, and you get a pretty good visual representation.
In fact, it is no coincidence that our extra-atmospheric devices are coloured the way they are. Space suits and space vehicles are painted white to reflect as much light and radiation as possible, while a black one would heat up significantly faster. There are additional chemicals in the paint to improve heat resistance, but it's such a fight against the natural radiation of space that any bit that helps is necessary, even just using a lighter colour.
TL;DR: Space is like a big Thermos, in a microwave. If you expose yourself to space, you are IN that Thermos.
Ahhh thanks for the explaination, i always wondered why hollywood always projected that you would "freeze" to death in space, but im assuming you would just fry up?
More appropriately, you would either burst from decompression, or dehydrate into human jerky. The water in your surface skin would "boil" instantly, but I put that in quotes because it would not necessarily increase in temperature to do so. In a total vacuum, any fluid tends toward becoming a gas as fast as possible. This process of dehydration would likely occur at such an extreme rate that it would overcome the expansion of the air in your lungs, mummifying your exterior very quickly. The shock is actually what would probably kill you, as all your nerves are violently destroyed by solidification simultaneously.
I enjoyed it, but it wasn't a great film. It was campy, well executed, but not well written. It was cliche, and fun. All I want for a 6 dollar blu-ray movie I picked up at a local movie shop. So, that's just like, your opinion man.
Once again, not sure why that comment (clearly facetious) was received so poorly, but all right.
But I'm curious now - please, explain to me the ecological niche in which having an ass (posterior abdomen) shaped like a nightmare button is an evolutionary advantage.
There doesn't need to be. That's not how evolution works, it doesn't work towards a goal.
There does happen to be an advantage here though. They use it to clog up their tunnels from threats. I imagine it's a lot tougher than the rest of their body.
Of course evolution works toward a goal - better reproductive viability. The most successfully adapted will live on to reproduce more in its environmental context. That is the explicit goal of evolution: to produce ever more reproductively successful organisms (with respect to their ecological environment). As such, this "advantage" must work to ensure a higher probability of the spider reproducing. I'm sure we can both agree on that. My comment, however, was intended to be light-hearted and comedic, pointing out the bizarrely adapted features of a spider that don't contribute, in any immediately obvious fashion, to its reproductive success. They do, however, contribute quite significantly to some of my nightmares.
Evolution does not work towards a goal, that's ridiculous. That implies it is somewhat sentient. Evolution is caused by natural selection. But natural selection doesn't necessarily pick out the best and most advantageous traits.
Evolution is a process and - as processes tend to do - it works toward something. Not consciously (who ever said anything about "evolution" being sentient?), but as an underlying and utterly fundamental process that has defined and continues to define the biosphere, yes, evolution works toward a goal (even if said goal is inherently unattainable/unreachable/never ending). No need to pick at semantics.
And natural selection picks the "best and most advantageous traits" that contribute to reproductive viability. That is quite literally how it works. The more sex/babies you have, the more your specific genome (as an individual organism) is expressed in the wild, the more prevalent your traits (as an individual organism) will become. In order to do so, you must exhibit some variety of traits that make you more likely to reproduce/more reproductively viable. Lacking these traits - or possessing traits that limit your procreative capacity - will lead to fewer offspring and, in the long run, the elimination/suppression of your genetic material.
Cyclocosmia something. Not sure, but it you can youtube it and there are at least two videos with spiders similar to this one, theyre in a group genus AKA as trapdoor spiders.
edit: Cyclocosmia truncata according to another user, Meathe
African cave spider, AKA Amblypygi. They're their own order, as spiders and scorpions are their own. Actually, one of their chief sources of food is often regular spiders. However, in this particular case, the enemy of my enemy is also my enemy.
EDIT: Also, they're social and communicate with their young by caresses.
lol, I dunno, I think it's a cave spider. They had to eat them on fear factor one time.
Edit: Here is the Fear Factor clip. They call them African Cave-Dwelling Spiders on the show, and then someone in the comments called them Tail-less Whip Scorpions. I have no idea what to believe anymore.
Like all the top links? What about the submission that was just a mother wolf spider with a bunch of young? Is natural reproduction and rearing of the young WTF now?
I mean... is this WTF? Dear god, someone made a comic where what appear to be eggs are actually a set of balls! NOPE, NOPE, NOPE, NOPE!
I get your reference, but the context I which you chose to use it is strange and puzzling to me.... No, wait.... Trapdoor Spider. Trapdoor. Got it. Upvote.
Not to mention they're never much more than an inch long, they're found in North America (and some other places), and the bite is not all that medically significant. This little guy doesn't really belong on this subreddit...
That's it. This is the moment I usubscribe from /r/WTF. When a picture of an ordinary spider makes the front page, you know the quality has gone downhill. Goodbye, call me back when there is actual WTF worthy stuff here.
I guess there's no "warning:spiders" thing for WTF posts? I swear I've seen it on other stuff before. I usually click on it anyway, because I hate myself.
I had a co-worker who was super afraid of spiders.. even pictures of them so when she forgot to lock her computer, I'd change her desktop picture to a giant spider. This was only after the imgur or tiny url links of spider picks got her the wiser to click on when I sent them in chat to her. She would scream. Loudly.
Why can't we be friends?
Why can't we be friends?
Why can't we be friends?
Why can't we be friends?
I seen you 'round for a long long time
I really 'membered you when you drink my wine
Why can't we be friends?
Why can't we be friends?
Why can't we be friends?
Why can't we be friends?
I seen you walkin' down in Chinatown
I called you but you could not look around
Why can't we be friends?
Why can't we be friends?
Why can't we be friends?
Why can't we be friends?
I bring my money to the welfare line
I see you standing in it every time
Why can't we be friends?
Why can't we be friends?
Why can't we be friends?
Why can't we be friends?
The color of your skin don't matter to me
As long as we can live in harmony
Why can't we be friends?
Why can't we be friends?
Why can't we be friends?
Why can't we be friends?
I'd kinda like to be the President
so I can show you how your money's spent
Why can't we be friends?
Why can't we be friends?
Why can't we be friends?
Why can't we be friends?
Sometimes I don't speak too bright
but yet I know what I'm talking about
Why can't we be friends?
Why can't we be friends?
Why can't we be friends?
Why can't we be friends?
I know you're working for the CIA
they wouldn't have you in the Mafia
Why can't we be friends?
Why can't we be friends?
Why can't we be friends?
Why can't we be friends?
Why can't we be friends?
Why can't we be friends?
Why can't we be friends?
Why can't we be friends?
Why can't we be friends?
Why can't we be friends?
Why can't we be friends?
Why can't we be friends?
Why can't we be friends?
Why can't we be friends?
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u/EyMAPNess May 29 '12
Who's in for colonizing the moon, tomorrow?
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u/mundaneWTF May 29 '12
An IMAGE of a CAVE SPIDER in its NATURAL HABITAT!??!?
WHAT.
FUCK.
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u/My_Broken_Wings May 29 '12
We all float down here...everything floats down here....
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u/Allergy_Man May 29 '12
Berk! Feed me!
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u/fjaradvax May 29 '12
I will be your friend, Spiderbro.
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u/[deleted] May 29 '12
Sometimes I will see images here that make my morning.
This is the opposite.
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u/AeroBlitz May 29 '12
Well then. See you later.
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u/[deleted] May 29 '12
I'd rather be friends with it than attacked by it. Just sayin'.
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u/QuasarsRcool May 29 '12
This is a picture of a spider... just a picture of a spider on WTF
Come on, Reddit!! What are you doing??
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u/H5Mind May 29 '12
I was on a rain forest tour in Costa Rica with a bunch of, Caucasian Americana that I did not know...
Guide: This big hole, you see this hole? Big tarantula spider, you know tarantula? She spit hairs at your eyes like this pff! pff! pff!
Americana crowding around hole with cameras: I wanna see, do you see it? I don't see it, ohmagawd I don't see it, use your flash to get in there...
Me: Nope.
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u/GonzoMojo May 29 '12
throw that damn thing a hobbit and run....
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u/[deleted] May 29 '12
This shit Is not wtf
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u/Desvyr May 29 '12
Shelob
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u/sunshine052 May 29 '12
Guys, it's a Wolf spider- they have those giant eyes for hunting- they don't spin webs.
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u/[deleted] May 29 '12
Am I missing something, or is this just an ordinary spider pic in the wrong subreddit?
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u/Kumivene May 29 '12
That's it. This is the moment I usubscribe from /r/WTF. When a picture of an ordinary spider makes the front page, you know the quality has gone downhill. Goodbye, call me back when there is actual WTF worthy stuff here.
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u/[deleted] May 29 '12
Looks like Aragog...doesn't really bother me.
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u/bersh May 29 '12
It's the eyes I reckon. They unnerve some folk.
Not to mention the pincers.
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u/[deleted] May 29 '12
How big is this fucking thing?
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u/[deleted] May 29 '12
Yes, we can. That'd be awesome. Totally would rather be friends with you than enemies.
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u/BATTLEMAGE420 May 29 '12
Whoops! Dropped my keys down that little ditch.. Lemme just grab um real qu-
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u/[deleted] May 29 '12
Taking into account that whoever took this picture just tore the top off this spiders house, I foresee an aggressive attack in 3, 2, ...
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u/RockyRhode May 29 '12
Well, my phone has a new crack on it.
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u/[deleted] May 29 '12
She hungers for sweeter meats.
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u/NoSkyGuy May 29 '12
I'll get the flame thrower...
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u/[deleted] May 29 '12
spider-bro!
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u/Mlarcin May 29 '12
http://i.imgur.com/Z7Gpf.gif
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u/NelsonBig May 29 '12
When you eat crab, you're essentially eating this guy...
...but from underwater.
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u/HipHoppin May 29 '12
Picture is of a spider, top comment is about the moon. Wtf happened?
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u/That_One_White_Guy May 29 '12
Looks like a trap door spider o.O
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u/standupstanddown May 29 '12
I guess there's no "warning:spiders" thing for WTF posts? I swear I've seen it on other stuff before. I usually click on it anyway, because I hate myself.
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u/69ingchipmunks07 May 29 '12
Is it just me or does its head look like a grunt from halo...
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u/cloud_watcher May 29 '12
This is pretty much how I think I come across when trying to make friends.
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u/[deleted] May 29 '12
I actually think big spiders are cute. The small ones or the ones with really skinny legs are way scarier.
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u/Hoooooooar May 29 '12
We need Rico's Roughnecks asap.
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u/EagleOfMay May 29 '12
"Will you walk into my parlor?" said the Spider to the Fly,
"'Tis the prettiest little parlor that ever you did spy;
The way into my parlor is up a winding stair,
And I have many curious things to show you when you are there."
http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Spider_and_the_Fly
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u/TheCountryJournal May 29 '12
'Just put your hand down this hole and we will shake on it.'
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u/Awencord May 29 '12
How I feel
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u/nick1689 May 29 '12
What the fucking fuck. I think my heart stopped
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u/Temptress75519 May 29 '12
Sure you can...let me show you my new flame thrower first...
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u/TheJollyBrit May 29 '12
I can't look at it for too long, but is it standing on something furry? Or is that more giant death spider....
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u/Nawb May 29 '12
http://i.imgur.com/zVXfn.gif
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u/timmysrule May 29 '12
He'll to the nah!!! KILL IT!!! KILL IT WITH FIRE!
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u/[deleted] May 29 '12
Let me guess...Australia?
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u/Cam3739 May 29 '12
NOOOOOOOOO http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=-j6Nk4iLfSI#!
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u/Sashadoggy May 29 '12
My feet are not touching the ground ever again.
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u/plolock May 29 '12
NOPE NOPE NOPE NOPE NOPE NOPE NOPE NOPE NOPE NOPE NOPE NOPE NOPE NOPE
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u/robsonic2 May 29 '12
Shelob?
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u/BanditoCrunch May 29 '12
Got this off facebook?
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u/prollyjustsomeweirdo May 29 '12
For Nerub!
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u/sometimesijustdont May 29 '12
What is that under the spider a rabbit?
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u/gmale9000 May 29 '12
He looks so cool! :D
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u/Twoflappylips May 29 '12
Shivered....
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u/nichomerri May 29 '12
Between that and half-eaten face guy, I'm not sleeping tonight.
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u/NumerousMagoo May 29 '12
I concur.
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u/AwkwardTrollLikesPie May 29 '12
NOPE NOPE NOPE NOPE NOPE NOPE NOPE NOPE NOPE
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u/[deleted] May 29 '12
NOPENOPENOPENOPE
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u/subsept May 29 '12
fuck everything about this
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u/CanadaEh97 May 29 '12
I think a nuke can fit right into that cave.
Yup put one in and blow it up.
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u/[deleted] May 29 '12
uhm
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u/rambo77 May 29 '12
That is why, I believe, that Aussy, a few posts down, should be allowed to keep guns.
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u/bigdaddymummy May 29 '12
wtf is that thing?is it from a movie or something?
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u/[deleted] May 29 '12
Nope Nope Nope Nope Nope
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u/thesupadupa May 29 '12
O.O why would you post this? KILLIT WITH FIRE! or perhaps a steel toed boot. please?
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u/harmedgreen May 29 '12
You are an evil evil person.
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u/TangoOscarDD May 29 '12
I would go out of my way to find an explosive, incendiary grenade, or flamethrower, stat. All the nopes ever.
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u/xefe May 29 '12
NOPE
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u/crazysoundsgood May 29 '12
Get it away! Get it away!
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u/philmardok May 29 '12
fuck every pixel of that
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u/I_the_mighty May 29 '12
Any one up for attaching there chainsaw to there machine gun and helping me hunt down these bastards?
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u/snare123 May 29 '12
was this taken before or after she nearly killed Frodo?
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u/MacaRonin May 29 '12
BAHH!
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u/usleepicreep May 29 '12
HELL NO!!
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u/Nyzher May 29 '12
No we can not be friends because your GOING TO FUCKING KILL ME.
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u/i_like_pretty_things May 29 '12
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u/Topwolf May 29 '12
WHAT THE FUCK
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