Hey look, a creepy spider that isn’t from Australia.
First methane-powered sea spiders found crawling on the ocean floor
Submitted 10 months ago by cm0002@lemmy.world to [deleted]
https://www.cnn.com/2025/06/17/science/spiders-deep-sea-methane-new-species
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Alexstarfire@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works 10 months ago
Why “First”?
Isn’t “Methane-powered sea spiders discovered crawling on ocean floor” enough creepy for you?
Zorsith@lemmy.blahaj.zone 10 months ago
I mean, they’re on the sea floor. They more than likely cant possibly survive depressurizing to get on land.
Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works 10 months ago
That’s very reassuring. Wouldn’t want them in one’s own bed, they’d get fat on farts.
untakenusername@sh.itjust.works 10 months ago
we should send them to saturns moon, Titan, where it rains methane like it rains water on earth
def worth it
martin4598@lemm.ee 10 months ago
Solar system exploration doesn´t seem such a good idea, now…
SatansMaggotyCumFart@lemmy.world 10 months ago
I want a pet fart spider.
thefartographer@lemm.ee 10 months ago
As a Texan, I can introduce you to my barking spider.
DetachablePianist@lemmy.world 10 months ago
name checks out
scbasteve7@lemm.ee 10 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.
neons@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 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 :))