BS: Canadian Spider Research

Subject: BS: Canadian Spider Research
From: Amergin
Date: 12 Aug 09 - 05:27 PM

Apparently those crazy neighbours to the north do some interesting scientific research on spiders....


Spiders on Drugs

Subject: RE: BS: Canadian Spider Research
From: Q (Frank Staplin)
Date: 12 Aug 09 - 09:36 PM

The youtube feature parodies the research.
Perhaps some may regard such nonsense as humorous.

This article describes Peter Witt's experiments, updated with 1995 NASA research:
Arachnology research

Or see Noever et al. 1995, Using spiderweb patterns to determine toxicity, NASA Tech Briefs 19(4):82

Subject: RE: BS: Canadian Spider Research
From: Q (Frank Staplin)
Date: 12 Aug 09 - 09:39 PM

Messed up-
http://www.genetologisch-onderzoek.nl/index.php/93/biologie/zoology/arachnology

Subject: RE: BS: Canadian Spider Research
From: Peace
Date: 12 Aug 09 - 09:41 PM

Interesting.

Subject: RE: BS: Canadian Spider Research
From: Peace
Date: 12 Aug 09 - 09:49 PM

The link I just posted is Q's link.

Subject: RE: BS: Canadian Spider Research
From: bobad
Date: 12 Aug 09 - 10:03 PM

I remember the study when it was done, it is quite interesting but I'm not sure what parallels can be made to humans. The parody was pretty good too, I mean if you can't joke about stoned spiders then what the hell can you joke about.

Subject: RE: BS: Canadian Spider Research
From: Rapparee
Date: 12 Aug 09 - 10:04 PM

The Canadians appear to be breeding giant drug-crazed spiders to invade America and steal our women and banjos!

Subject: RE: BS: Canadian Spider Research
From: Beer
Date: 12 Aug 09 - 10:16 PM

R, we don't need to steal your women, we have'em all in Montreal. O.K., a few are in Newfoundland and Tranna.
Beer (adrien)

Subject: RE: BS: Canadian Spider Research
From: Q (Frank Staplin)
Date: 12 Aug 09 - 10:52 PM

What's a banjo?

Subject: RE: BS: Canadian Spider Research
From: Peace
Date: 12 Aug 09 - 10:53 PM

Heh, heh.

lol

Subject: RE: BS: Canadian Spider Research
From: Alice
Date: 12 Aug 09 - 11:56 PM

that was
preeciooussssss

Subject: RE: BS: Canadian Spider Research
From: quokka
Date: 13 Aug 09 - 01:22 AM

Spiders and other lovely creatures from Australia

Come To Australia

Subject: RE: BS: Canadian Spider Research
From: quokka
Date: 14 Aug 09 - 02:33 AM

sorry for the thread drift, but these guys (Scared Weird Little Guys) have some hilarious songs. They even do a parody of an Irish folk song ( The Miners Died in '89). I will attempt to find and post it.

Cheers,

Quokka