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ok so bare with me here.
from what i have gathered reading books while bored at work coupled with what i already know i understand the following to be true.
bugs(broad generalization here) absorb oxygen through pores in thier carapace/book lungs, this limits thier size as if they were too large they would suffocate.
millions of years ago bugs were much much larger (300 pound scorpions!)
as well as this there was 300% more oxygen in the earth's atmosphere to allow for greater sized bugs.
from what i have gathered T. blondi's that are wild caught are larger than captive bred blondi's, this could be because they are from a more heavily forested region of the earth with higher levels of oxygen.
and so here is my idea, suppose you created a sealed environtment/biosphere type deal and regulated the oxygen in the air by what ever means (i do not know how this would be achieved, oxygen pumps/canisters? lots of plants?)
and you increased the oxygen vastly (say 1000%?) and raised generation after generation of Blondi's in it, as well as other things (if you are going to go through all that trouble might as well aye?)
would the spiders grow larger than is standard for thier species is the question on my mind, this may also have to do with diet as well, purhapse several groups living on several diets.
just a thought.
on another note wouldnt it be cool if a bug evolved lungs?
from what i have gathered reading books while bored at work coupled with what i already know i understand the following to be true.
bugs(broad generalization here) absorb oxygen through pores in thier carapace/book lungs, this limits thier size as if they were too large they would suffocate.
millions of years ago bugs were much much larger (300 pound scorpions!)
as well as this there was 300% more oxygen in the earth's atmosphere to allow for greater sized bugs.
from what i have gathered T. blondi's that are wild caught are larger than captive bred blondi's, this could be because they are from a more heavily forested region of the earth with higher levels of oxygen.
and so here is my idea, suppose you created a sealed environtment/biosphere type deal and regulated the oxygen in the air by what ever means (i do not know how this would be achieved, oxygen pumps/canisters? lots of plants?)
and you increased the oxygen vastly (say 1000%?) and raised generation after generation of Blondi's in it, as well as other things (if you are going to go through all that trouble might as well aye?)
would the spiders grow larger than is standard for thier species is the question on my mind, this may also have to do with diet as well, purhapse several groups living on several diets.
just a thought.
on another note wouldnt it be cool if a bug evolved lungs?