Julie Stauffer

I'm pretty sure they are in my barn....

Actually, isn't there some kind of Giant Crab that isn't really a crab at
all but a spider down in the deep blue sea? Possibly not...but this is what
sprung to mind.

Julie

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>I'm pretty sure they are in my barn....

I don't know, I found one at the local mass-market store (guess which one)
the other day, and I swear it was part tarantula.

>Actually, isn't there some kind of Giant Crab that isn't really a crab at
>all but a spider down in the deep blue sea? Possibly not...but this is what
>sprung to mind.

Well, in reality, spiders are not even insects; they are in the same phylae
(or is it genus, or something? I can never remember) as crabs and
lobsters. So I believe you're probably technically correct; although I am
not familiar with exactly which of the particualr name-brands of crabs are
the largest.

This is why, if you ever hear a biologist-type referring to spiders, they
will normally NEVER refer to them as insects.

This has gotten my own curiosity piqued; now I'll have to go research it
myself! Hey! Unschooling is supposed to be for my KIDS!! ;-)

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In a message dated 5/29/02 9:39:48 PM, rambler@... writes:

<< This is why, if you ever hear a biologist-type referring to spiders, they
will normally NEVER refer to them as insects.>>

But are they bugs? What are the edges of "bugs"? (Since it's a pre-"phylum"
word I suppose it's the broad generic thing Anglo Saxons knew about.)

<<This has gotten my own curiosity piqued; now I'll have to go research it
myself! Hey! Unschooling is supposed to be for my KIDS!! ;-) >>

Unschooling is for kids!?
At our house they're the secondary beneficiaries of the goofy life my husband
and I were leading before they came along! <g>

Sandra