Published on 12, July, 2020
Apparently there are spiders on Mars. I read an interesting page on it this morning, found here:
uk.news.yahoo.com/orbiter-spots-spiders-surface-mars-142745137.html
To be honest it reminded me of Ziggy Stardust the song by Bowie - the musician, not my cat - specifically this one line "And the Spiders from Mars" which is now going round and round my head and likely will be all day...
I've noticed when something like a song lyric is stuck in my head I'll randomly sing it out loud at different times. Sometimes when I'm in the queue at the shop, can be embarrassing lol. I wonder if it's a stim in a way?
Or just me being weird as usual?
Thanks for explaining!
I read it but somehow still got creeped out lol. I think it's the word spider, sends shivers down me spine!
Lol, if you picture that as an elderly Irish lady that's exactly what my nan used to say when something scared her
Mars had oxygen before Earth did, and through a different mechanism.
On earth we needed life to produce oxygen
Mars managed to have the right conditions to do it through changing iron oxidation states entirely inorganically.
As the resident geology geek,
I feel the need to share for those who did not read the article that these are not the living arachnid type of spiders
They're fun geological structures caused by the sublimation (moving from solid to gas) of carbon dioxide, that make little star shaped structures
I wonder if there was people like us on there at one point?
Or maybe there will be in the future
Apparently, Venus used to have an environment like Earth.
Could that have been the Garden of Eden?
Almost as interesting as knowing that the Australian version of Countdown is called "Letters and Numbers".
That's an awesomely interesting fact
I'm now reminded of the colloquial Australian phrase "I'm not here to f**k spiders".
It's their way of saying "I'm not here to waste time".
Yeah it could have been a lot worse like something by Beiber lol
Me too, I'd have to politely decline.
I like spiders too when they're a safe distance away
I just wanted to stand up for spiders as they are getting a 'bad press' on this thread.
I really love them and encourage them in my house although if my cat has an eye on one I will pick it up with my hands or a glass if it's got skates on and put it outside (the spider, not the cat).
I find them quite fascinating.
Spiders of the world unite.
What a disappointment - I'll be turning down Elon's invitation to live in his new city then - can't stand creepy crawlies!
Sounds like it could be a stim. Great song to stim to though.
ahh they maybe able to survive in a vacuum.... but they cant survive in a hoover vacuum lolwas a huge one in my lounge, i decided the best bet was to vacuum it and then release it outside from my hoover but apparently hoovering them up insta kills them somehow... i dont get how it does as its a open hoover with no squashy bits or spinny bits, unless its the suction that takes the breath out of them at that size
Yeah, I've known for years that spiders are aliens. Their DNA is more different than it should be, and they can survive in a vacuum. Apparently.
At least it's something more interesting to take back, rather than just "rock".
I've heard rumours it's made of cheese
It'd make space travel a bit more appealing. The moon just seems to be nothing but craters.
I wish the solar system was like Super Mario Galaxy lol the world would be abetter placer if it was like Mario Galaxy lol.