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
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkSpiders The Size Of Basketballs Lurk Deep Inside Abandoned Mines In Mexicowww.iflscience.comsomefool@mander.xyz to Arachnology@mander.xyzEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square4fedilink
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.
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.