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Coffee can do strange things to animals. There's a study where NASA gave various drugs to spiders to see how it affected their webs[0]. Coffee had a stranger ef
by randerson 6mo ago
Coffee can do strange things to animals. There's a study where NASA gave various drugs to spiders to see how it affected their webs[0]. Coffee had a stranger effect on the web than marijuana.
[0] https://web.archive.org/web/20210327150247/https://arachnidlady.files.wordpress.com/2013/08/nasa-tech-brief.pdf https://web.archive.org/web/20210327150247/https://arachnidl...
- radlad 6mo agoMore than anything this seems like a good reminder that spiders aren't human.
- burnte 6mo agoAnd that can be easy to forget in this fast paced world.
- celticninja 6mo agowhat about spiderman?
- Lio 6mo agoObligatory reference to this classic wildlife film from the Canadian Wildlife Service in Ottawa. It's almost unbelievable. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p2HipedgM3I https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p2HipedgM3I
- RajT88 6mo agoSalient point: Caffeine is a chemical that plants evolved multiple times independently as an insecticide.