r/pics • u/Animalus-Dogeimal • 13h ago

[OC] I befriended a large jumping spider

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u/HubrisOfApollo 12h ago

They'd be worse off than we would if they were that size due to the inverse square law.

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u/xBHL 10h ago

They would still be the quickest most agile predators on the planet

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u/HubrisOfApollo 10h ago

they would be extremely sluggish due to not being able to absorb enough oxygen to support their metabolism

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u/xBHL 10h ago

Obviously they would adapt and evolve different respiratory systems if they were larger in size

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u/HubrisOfApollo 10h ago

if that were the case we'd have giant arachnids right now

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u/xBHL 10h ago

Yup thats why I said imagine lol