discoverynews: scinerds: Daddy Long, Long Legs: Giant Arachnid Discovered in Cave A species of harvestman, known colloquially as a daddy longlegs, with a leg-span of over 12 inches has been discovered living in the caves of Laos. The arachnid was collected by Dr Peter Jager, head of arachnology at the Senckenberg Research Institute, during breaks while filming a television series in Laos’ southern province of Khammouan. According to Jager, the specimen has yet to be identified to species level. “In attempting to categorise the creature properly, however, and give it a scientific name, I soon reached my limits,” he said in a press release. this spider with a wingspan larger than the hand of most NBA players. *shudder* PUT IT BACK IN THE CAVE.
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Daddy Long, Long Legs: Giant Arachnid Discovered in Cave

A species of harvestman, known colloquially as a daddy longlegs, with a leg-span of over 12 inches has been discovered living in the caves of Laos.

The arachnid was collected by Dr Peter Jager, head of arachnology at the Senckenberg Research Institute, during breaks while filming a television series in Laos’ southern province of Khammouan.

According to Jager, the specimen has yet to be identified to species level. “In attempting to categorise the creature properly, however, and give it a scientific name, I soon reached my limits,” he said in a press release.

this spider with a wingspan larger than the hand of most NBA players.

*shudder*

PUT IT BACK IN THE CAVE.

Source: Wired

Emissions from Asia put US cities over the ozone limit

In case you needed proof that attacking pollution should be a truly international effort, peep this study of ozone days on the west coast:

Under the current US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) National Ambient Air Quality Standards, ozone should not exceed 75 parts per billion of the atmosphere. Lin and her colleagues found that on days when ozone levels in US cities were higher than the maximum, Asian emissions pushed them over the top more than half the time.

That means that merely pressuring growing nations like China and India for their own good is not enough. It’s also not enough to pressure them for the long-term future of our climate.

Pollution affects us all globally, and now.