I Learnt Something Today

[eve1974]

Daddy longlegs have penises, which technically means they are not a spider

[woofgang]

and that wins the internet today

[Mamyalynne]

There as actually a spider known as 'Daddy-Longlegs Spider', that may be why folk get confused.


https://spiders.ucr.edu/daddy-long-legs

[AuntPollyGrey]

They never have been a spider lol! They are a crane fly...since when have spiders been able to fly?

[Mamyalynne]

*is

[nailit]

Serious question...dont male spiders have penises then?

[nailit]

I took human biology at school over general biology...

[johnny.5]

they also only have six legs

[Mamyalynne]

//Males don't possess a penis in the traditional sense. Instead their anatomy includes a pair of appendages called pedipalps, which are much larger in males and have syringe-like enlarged ends.//

http://www.bbc.co.uk/earth/story/20141028-the-dangerous-world-of-spider-sex#:~:text=Males%20don't%20possess%20a,charging%20his%20pedipalps%20with%20it.

[douglas9401]

Just a quick query, how many penises do they have?

If it's one to each pair of legs that's some bladder control, to say nothing of, errr,...........

[ToraToraTora]

who ever said they were a spider?

[nailit]

Live and learn....

[Ken4155]

Therefore I am technically not a spider. Good to know :-))

[Mamyalynne]

Tora, the answer to your question is explained in part in my first link.

[ToraToraTora]

mamy, your link is about spiders, eve is asking about crane flies, she says they are "technically not a spider", I agree but I was asking who ever claimed crane flies were spiders? Daddy long legs/crane flies are insect flies as the name suggests. She is correct they have penises but that is not the reason they are not a spider.

[ToraToraTora]

sorry FIRST link! ok I see.

[ToraToraTora]

yes I am familiar with the "daddy long legs" spider as distinct from the crane fly.

[Mamyalynne]

That has to be the source of the confusion.

[johnny.5]

I saw one with a bomb strapped to it's back

I Think it Was A Jihaddy longlegs

[ToraToraTora]

BA for J5, PMSL!

[Barmaid]

I have to say, when some enormous black ******* runs across my living room, I care not whether it possesses a penis.

All I can say is in this house black lives do not matter if they have 8 blummin legs. (I'm trying to be good and do the glass and paper thing, but every now and again one inexplicably runs up the hoover).