First methane-powered sea spiders found crawling on the ocean floor

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• scbasteve7@lemm.ee ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Inaccurate title. They don’t consume methane at all. They ‘farm’ methane powered bacteria that deposits sugars and fats.

  They aren’t methane powered, the bacteria is. They are sugar and fat powered.

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  • neons@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    The Article makes it sound like lichen. A symbiosis so close and a host evolutionarily completely adapted to this symbiosis, I’m okay with drawing the line there and calling it metgan-consuming. We have to draw the line somewhere afterall :))

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• Alexstarfire@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Hey look, a creepy spider that isn’t from Australia.

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• Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Why “First”?

  Isn’t “Methane-powered sea spiders discovered crawling on ocean floor” enough creepy for you?

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  • Zorsith@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I mean, they’re on the sea floor. They more than likely cant possibly survive depressurizing to get on land.

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    • Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      That’s very reassuring. Wouldn’t want them in one’s own bed, they’d get fat on farts.

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• untakenusername@sh.itjust.works ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  we should send them to saturns moon, Titan, where it rains methane like it rains water on earth

  def worth it

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  • martin4598@lemm.ee ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Solar system exploration doesn´t seem such a good idea, now…

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• SatansMaggotyCumFart@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I want a pet fart spider.

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  • thefartographer@lemm.ee ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    As a Texan, I can introduce you to my barking spider.

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    • DetachablePianist@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      name checks out

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