Would they though? In the war of “me vs annoying insects sneaking into my house”, the indoor spiders I leave undisturbed seem pretty squarely on my side…
Bumblebees can do simple math problems and like to play, which happens to be one of the current (as far as I am aware) scientific signs of intelligence.
Tarantulas are insects ferchrissake… They have the nervous system of a guitar amplifier.
🤓 aktually, they are arachnids.
The spiders are not insects, but in a war they would side with the insects.
But would the insects want to side with them?
Only as long as their goals align.
I’m pretty sure a spider’s only goal is eating insects.
I think they’d try to sell both sides weapons tbh
Would they though? In the war of “me vs annoying insects sneaking into my house”, the indoor spiders I leave undisturbed seem pretty squarely on my side…
Is this a Bill Bailey reference?
The locust squats upon the leaf, he’s just bidin’ his time…
I love Bill Bailey. I guess Insect Nation? I have to revisit the lyrics.
edit: not the guy you’re replying to, but yes, that must be the reference!
Human slaves! In an insect nation!
You wanna fight?
I recommend this video. You can do amazing things with the nervous system of a guitar amplifier, it turns out.
That video first gave me the heebies and then shortly after gave me the jeebies.
Sorry about that. Jumping spiders are pretty much as cute as it gets with spiders. But Portia isn’t a looker amongst them. Have this one:
Bumblebees can do simple math problems and like to play, which happens to be one of the current (as far as I am aware) scientific signs of intelligence.
Just because its a bug doesn’t mean its stupid. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ghws6YFsPJA
same way that because someone has a brain, doesn’t make them intelligent
More like the nervous system of a noise musician’s pedalboard so complex it might be able to talk to aliens.
Insect claims aside, this…
is a great line.
The oldest common ancestor between arachnids and insects lived in the water.
Hence the scarequotes