Re:Scientists discover spider species that feeds its young milk
by gpm on Saturday December 01, 2018 @12:21PM
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> It can't be anywhere near as disruptive to the ecosystem as modern cattle.
Farming spiders sounds a lot more inefficient than farming cows to me.
Cows eat plants eat sunlight. Spiders eat ants eat plants eat sunlight (or longer chains). The rule of thumb is each step only transfers 10% of the energy.
Cows are nice and easier to herd, have live on the land with minimal infrastructure. Spiders sound like you'd have to keep them in relatively expensive closed rooms or something.
Cows have been bread into great farm animals that produce large amounts of milk, spiders have not.
Farming spiders sounds a lot more inefficient than farming cows to me.
Cows eat plants eat sunlight. Spiders eat ants eat plants eat sunlight (or longer chains). The rule of thumb is each step only transfers 10% of the energy.
Cows are nice and easier to herd, have live on the land with minimal infrastructure. Spiders sound like you'd have to keep them in relatively expensive closed rooms or something.
Cows have been bread into great farm animals that produce large amounts of milk, spiders have not.