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Spiders in spacesuits
Did anybody see what happened to the spider experiments box over near the airlock? I could have sworn that was where I left it.
They went down to the planet and enslaved the ants that live there.
I understood that reference.
It was a common Understanding
Not before the ants danced at a rock
I might need to split my mind in two and wait a thousand years to get this one
Portia approves of this message.
You’ll have to remind me, was that the leader or the rebel?
EDIT: Wait, without looking it up, I just realized they only gave a name to the leader. Is that right?
She was the main character, she was a high priest, warrior who “defeated” the ants, hunter, etc. Portia was the name given to the main guy of the story.
Yeah, but isn’t that name passed down? It has been a while since I read Children of Time (haven’t read the rest of the series). I swear there are multiple spiders over the span of the plot that are given the name.
I think it’s the name given by the author for the reader’s sake and not their “real” name. I think he says in the beginning, let’s call her portia . Their names are said in taps of their limbs. And are probably different for different portia over the history of the series. I may be mistaken.
Guess I have a reason to continue the series.
I think maybe a spider wrote this.
all your hands?
Yes, all *quick google* two of my normal human hands
Except when there are: https://www.sciencealert.com/here-s-what-happens-to-spiders-webs-in-space
That was a very cool read, thanks!
Now, a study of orb spiders (Trichonephila clavipes) in space has revealed that these smart arachnids can orientate themselves with light when there is no gravity to tell them which way is ‘up’.
So you’re telling me they are already adapted to space, a place where they wouldn’t be size-constrained by gravity…
Oh, shit.
Pretty sure their size-constraint isn’t gravity anyways, it’s oxygen. Assuming arachnids ‘breathe’ like insects, anyways
Yeah you are probably right. i vaguely remember giant dragonflies in that Earth age with more oxygen.
I’ll burn the script then… Although a space station with broken scrubbers…
but what if they’re were, adam sandler would like a word
Friendly, loving spiders. Kindly.
Imagine infestation with 🛏️bugs.
That’s what the spiders want you to think
I for one welcome our new lint overlords.
Somebody need to put spiders in space already…
Giant alien sliders are no joke!
You have lost [crewmember]
Project Hail Mary and the Firefall duology immediately come to mind. At least one of those kinda was a joke ;)
Wouldn’t a giant slider be just a burger?
Damn typo
Gotta use that Anti-bio Beam
Spaceman (2024)
No spiders… yet!
Life finds a way.
Portia didn’t like that
Wait did she pay that while in space? Like do b they have just their phones with them?
They have computers and internet
I think they might have satellite internet
They do indeed have communications with earth.
It would suck if you remembered to bring your phone but forgot the charger.
Yes they do. I follow an astronaut on X who’s got tons of photography equipment on the ISS and regularly posts shots of various cities at night and weather formations as seen from space. It’s pretty cool.