Wednesday, July 22, 2009

Tangled Web Trivia

Scientists at NASA tested the effects of certain human drugs on a spider’s ability to spin webs. A spider on marijuana tried to make a web, but gave up when it was only half-done. Spiders on Benzedrine, or speed, spun webs quickly, but left huge holes in them, making odd patterns. Spiders on caffeine only spun some random threads, while those on sleeping pills never bothered to start making a web.

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6 comments:

  1. the dogs' motherJuly 22, 2009 at 6:55 AM

    ak! Drugged spiders! ak!
    That is kind of interesting, though, once I get past !spiders!

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  2. DanJuly 22, 2009 at 8:15 AM

    WHERE DID THEY GET BONGS THAT SMALL?

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  3. AnonymousJuly 22, 2009 at 10:53 AM

    I just LOVE that new home page picture. Keep it for a while, wontcha?

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  4. SamJuly 22, 2009 at 2:11 PM

    Did any of them try to pick their Mom up from Work, while nodding off at the wheel?

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  5. AnonymousJuly 22, 2009 at 4:02 PM

    Has anyone thought of giving a drug test to those NASA scientists? How do we know the spider got a full dose? LOL

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  6. JoyJuly 22, 2009 at 4:33 PM

    Too funny, Dan and Sam!

    Thanks, Charlie, I will keep it. This is near where I live, and I've stood on that bluff.

    I know what you mean, FP.

    Who are you, Anonymous? Good point!

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