Nature Blows My Mind! The Strange SCUBA-Diving Spider

treehugger.com 11 Oct '12, 12pm

Nature Blows My Mind! The Strange SCUBA-Diving Spider

There is only one species of spider in the world that spends its entire life underwater. It is called the diving bell spider or the water spider. A spider that lives underwater is amazing enough but to make matters mind-blowing, the spider uses a "diving bell" or bubble of water that actually acts like a lung! Found in ponds in Europe and Asia, these small spiders have adapted to hunt for insects and crustaceans under the surface, living safe from land-dwelling predators though they aren't safe from frogs and fish. They have made this transition from living on land to underwater by devising a SCUBA tank of sorts. Using silk to form a "bell", the air-breathing spiders trap air in hairs on their abdomen and legs at the surface of the water and fill the bell with the trapped air. They can then live inside the bell, and in fact females live almost their entire lives inside the...

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@treehuggeruk » 06 Nov '12, 11pm
RT @jimi9j: Unbelievable! Underwater breathing spider! [link]
@jimi9j » 06 Nov '12, 11pm
Unbelievable! Underwater breathing spider! [link]
@treehuggeruk » 04 Nov '12, 4am
RT @danielphoon99: Nature Blows My Mind! The Strange SCUBA-Diving Spider : TreeHugger [link] via @TreeHugger
@treehuggeruk » 28 Oct '12, 8pm
RT @1World1Ocean: Have you heard of the strange SCUBA diving spider? @JaymiHeimbuch has the details on @TreeHugger. (READ) [link]
@1World1Ocean » 28 Oct '12, 8pm
Have you heard of the strange SCUBA diving spider? @JaymiHeimbuch has the details on @TreeHugger. (READ) [link]
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RT @EarthenBlueSky7: Nature Blows My Mind! The Strange SCUBA-Diving Spider : TreeHugger [link] via @TreeHugger
@_CabinGirl » 25 Oct '12, 9pm
FINALLY got up the guts to read the "Strange Scuba Diving Spider," via @Andrewdavid70. Most interesting! [link] #nature
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RT @tzarulnicolai: The SCUBA-diving spider [link] #nature #environment: The SCUBA-diving spider ... [link] #nature #environment
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RT @FOECardiff: The SCUBA-diving spider [link] #nature #environment
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The SCUBA-diving spider [link] #nature #environment
@treehuggeruk » 21 Oct '12, 11am
RT @ScubaSmiles: I don't like spiders but this is bizarre. A "scuba diving" spider. I had never heard of them. Nature Blows My Mind! [link]
@ScubaSmiles » 21 Oct '12, 11am
I don't like spiders but this is bizarre. A "scuba diving" spider. I had never heard of them. Nature Blows My Mind! [link]
@treehuggeruk » 21 Oct '12, 4am
RT @WhosGreenOnline: Nature Blows My Mind! [link]
@treehuggeruk » 20 Oct '12, 5pm
RT @_CabinGirl: hmmm... fascinated but frightened to open ;-) RT @Andrewdavid70 The Strange scuba diving spider [link]
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hmmm... fascinated but frightened to open ;-) RT @Andrewdavid70 The Strange scuba diving spider [link]
@rustypartch » 19 Oct '12, 2pm
The Strange SCUBA-Diving Spider [link] // They never has to fill up tanks!
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RT @RangeWoman_Inc: The Strange SCUBA-Diving Spider : TreeHugger [link] #nature #wildlife
@aiden2468 » 19 Oct '12, 12pm
RT @scubamarketing: Nature Blows My Mind! The Strange SCUBA-Diving Spider [link]
@treehuggeruk » 19 Oct '12, 12pm
RT @nicolerrabbit: SCUBA-Diving Spider [link] @TreeHugger
@percyn » 19 Oct '12, 3am
RT @WILDfoundation: This amazing spider spends its entire life underwater, making its home inside an air bubble! [link]
@WILDfoundation » 18 Oct '12, 11pm
This amazing spider spends its entire life underwater, making its home inside an air bubble! [link]
@collinzelli » 18 Oct '12, 8pm
[link] Bell Spider in Asia and Europe lives underwater.
@Firefly_Power » 18 Oct '12, 5pm
WOAH! #Nature Blows OUR Minds!!! Via @TreeHugger (love their site) - [link]
@23DegreesN » 18 Oct '12, 4pm
Living life in a bubble: [link]
@treehuggeruk » 18 Oct '12, 10am
RT @TheFatLamb: Think Humans are the only ones that can scuba dive, check this little guy out! [link] #nature #deepseadiver
@TheFatLamb » 18 Oct '12, 10am
Think Humans are the only ones that can scuba dive, check this little guy out! [link] #nature #deepseadiver
@treehuggeruk » 17 Oct '12, 11pm
RT @CarolinAramburo: Nature Blows My Mind! The Strange SCUBA-Diving Spider [link] #green #nature
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Nature Blows My Mind! The Strange SCUBA-Diving Spider [link] #green #nature
@Courter99 » 17 Oct '12, 12pm
Nature is crazy! Check out an article I found about a scuba-diving spider: [link] @uOttawaSustain @uOttawa_Gaia
@stepntime_epsy » 16 Oct '12, 9pm
RT @HealTheBay: Nature Blows My Mind! The Strange #SCUBA-Diving #Spider [link] #divingbellspider #waterspider @TreeHugger
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Nature Blows My Mind! The Strange #SCUBA-Diving #Spider [link] #divingbellspider #waterspider @TreeHugger
@treehuggeruk » 15 Oct '12, 11am
RT @SunnySchools: RT @treehugger: No big deal, just a SCUBA-Diving Spider! @JaymiHeimbuch has a good one for this wk's #NatureBlowsMyMind [link]
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RT @treehugger: No big deal, just a SCUBA-Diving Spider! @JaymiHeimbuch has a good one for this wk's #NatureBlowsMyMind [link]
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RT @DianeN56: Nature Blows My Mind! The Strange SCUBA-Diving Spider (Video)[link] RT @Oceana Oh yes, this is incredible! RT @jlojackaboo
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@treehuggeruk » 13 Oct '12, 9pm
RT @douggreen: RT @JaymiHeimbuch: A spider that lives its entire life in an air bubble underwater? Yep! #natureblowsmymind [link]
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RT @28parrot: RT@JaymiHeimbuch A #spider that lives its entire life in an air bubble underwater? #natureblowsmymind [link] #nature #wildlife
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RT @youthleadmiami: RT @TreeHugger.com RT @JaymiHeimbuch: A spider that lives its entire life in an air bubble underwater? Yep! [link]
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RT @TreeHugger.com RT @JaymiHeimbuch: A spider that lives its entire life in an air bubble underwater? Yep! [link]
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