Found: a Lactating Spider

[Ungoliant]

Found: a Lactating Spider
Jumping spiders suckle their young for longer than mice.

 

[The Snark]

Just when we thought we had a pretty solid handle on spiders.

 

[MetalMan2004]

Life, uh, finds a way.

That’s really cool.

 

[The Seraph]

So it is like Diploptera punctate but a spider. Fascinating.

 

[MintyWood826]

Very interesting!

Also possibly something to show to non spider fans. Spider mothers of this species caring for their young.

 

[BoyFromLA]

76% of spiderlings survivability, that number is just amazing in wild life.

 

[mantisfan101]

Wow even the silk nests look like the mests of polyrachis ants, amazing.

 

[EtienneN]

Does that mean they are evolving mammal like abilities?

 

[The Seraph]

Does that mean they are evolving mammal like abilities?

I think it is convergent evolution. Like mantids and mantidflys.

 

[Crone Returns]

Well I feel as if you smacked me upside the head. This is amazing! Not even my dogs' vet will believe this one .

 

[RezonantVoid]

This is incredible! Australia has tons of ant mimics which little is known about, I wonder if any of ours share the same feature

 

[The Snark]

Now I'm waiting for some ruminant to start webbing up a pasture.

 

[Crone Returns]

Now I'm waiting for some ruminant to start webbing up a pasture.

Ack! Venomous cattle!

 

[EtienneN]

Ack! Venomous cattle!

This also makes me think of the goats that got spliced with orb weaver DNA so that they produced silk proteins in their milk. The scientists wanted to study the acid chains or something on a macro level or something so that the silk proteins can be collected on a much greater scale and used for strength testing.

 

[Crone Returns]

This also makes me think of the goats that got spliced with orb weaver DNA so that they produced silk proteins in their milk. The scientists wanted to study the acid chains or something on a macro level or something so that the silk proteins can be collected on a much greater scale and used for strength testing.

Yeah. That's just as freaky. :wideyed:

 

[The Snark]

so that the silk proteins can be collected on a much greater scale and used for strength testing.

I'm going to stay with my gold line, at least until I see a goat equipped with beaners and belaying gear.