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Re:Scientists discover spider species that feeds its young milk by YeGoblynQueenne on Saturday December 01, 2018 @11:38AM (#18577461)
>> Can't we engineer the spiders to grow bigger?

Well, if we can we should make them really big, like cows, then we can use them as vehicles. Imagine riding a spider up a vertical surface, would be dead cool.

I'd call mine Larry.

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Re:Scientists discover spider species that feeds its young milk by the8472 on Saturday December 01, 2018 @01:23PM (#18578031)
That wouldn't work due to the cube-square law. Spiders can't even get enough oxygen at cow sizes due to their book lungs.
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Re:Scientists discover spider species that feeds its young milk by codeisawesome on Saturday December 01, 2018 @09:55PM (#18580530)
You are only making them look more awesome by suggesting attached oxygen tanks.
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Re:Scientists discover spider species that feeds its young milk by dsnuh on Saturday December 01, 2018 @01:40PM (#18578124)
Pump pure oxygen into the grow-domes.
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