Comments on: Look At This: A 100-Million-Year-Old Spider Attacking A Wasp

By: Jay29

Jay29 — Wed, 24 Oct 2012 17:45:26 +0000

@10. geack, It appears alex is someone with the mistaken idea that natural selection always leads to more complex forms. He sees intelligence develop in apes and assumes a similar kind of development must occur in other species.

By: Bioteacher

Bioteacher — Sat, 20 Oct 2012 14:49:19 +0000

Alex – a species only changes if there is pressure. Not everything evolves at the same rate

By: geack

geack — Fri, 19 Oct 2012 19:47:56 +0000

@9. So you have some idea what in the world he’s asking? ‘Cause I sure can’t figure it out. He makes a basically true statement and then seems to imply it doesn’t make sense.

By: Common Sense

Common Sense — Tue, 16 Oct 2012 21:52:21 +0000

No, alex said it all.

By: MrJ

MrJ — Mon, 15 Oct 2012 09:38:21 +0000

Most likely the spider put an unwary leg or two into a tongue of gooey resin.

It got stuck and couldn’t escape – and the resin could then oh-so-slowly overwhelm captor and prey.

Could have taken days I guess.

By: Nort

Nort — Sun, 14 Oct 2012 14:12:16 +0000

Wow, so cool! how do they do that? Get caramelized in sap I mean. That is totally awesome!!!:)

By: J-Doug

J-Doug — Sun, 14 Oct 2012 05:45:00 +0000

“Look At This: A 100-Million-Year-Old Spider Attacking A Wasp”

So, how old was the wasp then?

By: Elsa bondar

Elsa bondar — Sat, 13 Oct 2012 22:08:00 +0000

What you eat can trap you in more ways than this, and perhaps be just as lethal over a longer period of time.

By: Jenny

Jenny — Fri, 12 Oct 2012 18:54:37 +0000

Antony said it all.

By: floodmouse

floodmouse — Fri, 12 Oct 2012 13:22:58 +0000

How fast does tree resin flow? I always thought amber only formed around things that were already dead. The only kind of tree resin I have seen flowing is on pine trees, which is just a couple of little tiny beads that are so thick and sticky, they flow slower than that old TV commercial for Heinz ketchup. If anyone has any information on this subject, please let me know. I’m too busy today (and/or lazy, take your pick ) to search online for something so off-beat as the velocity of tree resin.