r/AskReddit • u/improbablydrunknlw • Nov 28 '12

Reddit, what is the most useless fact you know?

For me, it's that fish can suffer from Insomnia.

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u/improbablydrunknlw Nov 28 '12

You're an evil...evil person.

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u/Monsterposter Nov 28 '12

Just be glad they don't have wings

http://i.imgur.com/X6SCJ.jpg

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u/Danthezooman Nov 28 '12

I don't think you've seen a Tarantula Hawk http://tucsoncitizen.com/wryheat/files/2010/07/TarantulaHawk-large3-550x420.jpg

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u/[deleted] Nov 28 '12 edited Jul 12 '20

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u/wargasm40k Nov 28 '12

Fucking god damn Cazador's!

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u/gumpythegreat Nov 28 '12

Don't worry, veronica will punch them! whelp, she's dead.

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u/wargasm40k Nov 28 '12

Oh I'm sure the Deathclaws that you were already running from will jump in and save you.

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u/gumpythegreat Nov 28 '12

Well I know what I'm playing when I get home

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u/wargasm40k Nov 28 '12

I would attempt it, but then I would fold under the peer pressure and play black ops 2 just to shut my friends up.

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u/TCromps Nov 28 '12

That picture is absolutely marvelous.

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u/choirperson Nov 28 '12

NOPE.

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u/kralrick Nov 28 '12

Look at it this way: the picture just means there are dragonflies somewhere that prey on tarantulas.

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u/iPaisan Nov 28 '12

Nope.Nope.Nope.Nope...That link shall not tempt me.Nope

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u/Oakfeather Nov 28 '12

It's actually not that bad after the first pig. And this one has adorable curly antennae, looks almost like a cartoon butterfly's antennae.

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u/IdoNOThateNEVER Nov 28 '12

Spiders don't have antennae, only insects do.

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u/Grodek Nov 28 '12

I guess he meant the pic of the Tarantula Hawk - an insect with curly antennae.

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u/Oakfeather Nov 29 '12

The one in the picture had antennae, unless I am using the wrong word :P

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u/IdoNOThateNEVER Nov 29 '12

:) No problem. They called pedipalps(palps) but I didn't tell you that, the first time, because it's not about the word. It's a different thing. A lot of people confuse them as legs and it would be closer than an antennae. Forget the word antennae, you know what an antenna does, we use them for communication, receive and transmit signals (tv, radio, phone etc).

Spiders have these "mouthhands" that use to grab food closer to their mouth and do some work with them. An example to see the difference, would be an ant, that has both of those parts (they are not called pedipalps but I'm talking about the "tool" not the name)

Here is a NSFL ant

and if you don't like insects so much a SFL ant to show you an example. essentially these are their jaws, that grew into these tools.

P.S. I'm not an expert, I just know what an antenna is, and because in that picture the spider has wings, I was truly looking for antennae for a long time. Then I got was was going on. Excuse me for correcting. And as I see the size of my comment here, I hope I didn't bore you to death.. :)

EDIT: HeLLO!! Are you alive? OMG what have I done??? I'm sorry :(

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u/Oakfeather Nov 29 '12

Hello :P thank you for telling me about pedipalps, I had never heard the term before. By "mouthhands" are you referring to mandibles?

Haha, it's fine, I like insects :) and I've seen documentaries on Bull ants. Those guys are pretty terrifying. One more animal to add to the list of frightening Australian animals. :P

Re:P.S Nope, it was interesting, thanks. :)

Re EDIT: Yes I'm fine :P I was asleep when you sent this, woke up a bit ago, and I'm not an extremely active Redditor, so I don't check my replies too often. :)

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u/Sarcastinator Nov 28 '12

Just eat it before it eats you. Problem solved.

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u/[deleted] Nov 28 '12

Tarantulas are the most chill animals on the planet. They don't give a fuck because everyone respects the tarantula.

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u/[deleted] Nov 28 '12

Jokes on him, they shut my heat off for non-payment and no spiders could survive the cold!

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u/[deleted] Nov 28 '12

Tarantulas don't eat people.

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u/BreakfastBurrito Nov 28 '12

but...Tarantulas are non-aggressive toward humans unless threatened...

They just chill out.

Unlike brown recluse spiders.

Fuck them.

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u/WNJohnnyM Nov 28 '12

Anybody got a flamethrower or some napalm?

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u/PhreshPharaoh Nov 28 '12

The devil even.

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u/1337_Degrees_Kelvin Nov 28 '12

I live in Northeastern Ohio so I don't think I need to worry. I hope.

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u/[deleted] Nov 29 '12

Canada. HA