Arachnids

biohazard: are you sure, that * people in e.g. Africa or elsewhere are afraid of (non-venomous) arachnids etc.? * native/primitive? because of lack of correct English word, I mean people who live in wild nature like Indians in Amazonia or the people in Africa, which I ...

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biohazard: are you sure, that * people in e.g. Africa or elsewhere are afraid of (non-venomous) arachnids etc.? * native/primitive? because of lack of correct English word, I mean people who live in wild nature like Indians in Amazonia or the people in Africa, which I don't ...

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... is also a trait that includes a strong genetic element in addition to the definite need to learn it. "Irrational" fear of (non-venomous) arachnids, snakes, insects and all other things out there is such a worldwide phenomenon that it almost certainly has also a genetic basis. It is only ...

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Arachnids belonging to the orders Acari and Ricinulei do go through a hexapodal larval stage. However, all healthy non-mutant adult arachnids have 8 legs. http://a4.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash2/38737_450826890189_755040189_6521060_4006092_n.jpg ...

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... vary very much, but in general they can live quite long, some very long. So these could actually be the longest-living species if you so wish. Arachnids and insect species would probably be clearly the most short-lived ones, but they would be born very "mature", so their time as an ...

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