somefool@mander.xyz to Arachnology@mander.xyzEnglish · 1 year agoSpiders The Size Of Basketballs Lurk Deep Inside Abandoned Mines In Mexicowww.iflscience.comexternal-linkmessage-square4fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
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minus-squaregina@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 year agoKind of a ridiculous size comparison. I can touch the top of my refrigerator, but that doesn’t make me the size of one…
minus-squareFlying Squid@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 year agoI don’t know… I’d say comparing a 6.5-inch spider to a basketball is pretty close. And I’m never going down any Mexican mines.
minus-squareblackbrook@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 year agoA basketball is significantly larger than that. And the article title currently says “softball” which is more like it. Perhaps they changed that to correct the distortion since it was posted here.
minus-squaregina@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoI emailed the author last night to let her know. She got back to me really quick and said they would correct, which I appreciated.
Kind of a ridiculous size comparison. I can touch the top of my refrigerator, but that doesn’t make me the size of one…
I don’t know… I’d say comparing a 6.5-inch spider to a basketball is pretty close.
And I’m never going down any Mexican mines.
A basketball is significantly larger than that. And the article title currently says “softball” which is more like it. Perhaps they changed that to correct the distortion since it was posted here.
I emailed the author last night to let her know. She got back to me really quick and said they would correct, which I appreciated.