Comments on: Look At This: Foot-long Daddy Longlegs Found In Laotian Cave

By: Sean

Sean — Tue, 30 Oct 2012 20:07:41 +0000

“if I stretch my arms I can be eight feet tall by your estimate”

Not true, if you stretch out your arms, the distance from tip to tip is approx. your current height.

By: Ashley Cakes

Ashley Cakes — Mon, 29 Oct 2012 08:13:42 +0000

So, is it actually considered to be an arachnid?

By: Mage

Mage — Fri, 26 Oct 2012 22:43:37 +0000

Huh. You’d think that a longlegs like that would have equal length legs… or am I confusing it with some other insect?
Actually, knowing myself, I probably have all the facts backwards on this.
PS: There are actually two species of ‘daddy longlegs’ that look very similar – one is actually a spider, and the other, an insect.
I think…

By: Stephen

Stephen — Wed, 24 Oct 2012 16:13:16 +0000

Susan, in addition to 6 legs, opiliones have 2 chelicerae. These are tiny grasping claws, which brings the total number of appendages to 8.

By: DeepField

DeepField — Mon, 22 Oct 2012 13:26:44 +0000

This is just the first (or one of the first, anyway) specimens caught and measured. I think that if they could easily find larger, record-breaking, ones…

By: Susan

Susan — Mon, 22 Oct 2012 06:16:29 +0000

Arachnophobia…sheesh… I only count six legs…tsk…you mean entomophobia.

By: IW

IW — Sat, 20 Oct 2012 15:39:22 +0000

Foot long? That’s stretching it. if you look really hard, you can just about make out the tiny blob of a body in the middle there. But I’m, going to run with your idea of length; if I stretch my arms I can be eight feet tall by your estimate. Where’s the professional basketball recruiter?

By: badnicolez

badnicolez — Fri, 19 Oct 2012 22:27:50 +0000

I think if you stretched those legs out properly they would beat that 34cm.

By: Guner DARICI

Guner DARICI — Fri, 19 Oct 2012 16:00:50 +0000

Edifice