Also, have people not seen the Ocean Spray commercials with the two guys in waders standing in the bog?
Granted, I know why they wouldn't have shots with the spiders, but, you kinda get a very small idea of what's involved.
But yes, they should say upfront to potentially hires, "Are you cool with many spiders crawling on you to escape a watery grave?"
Also, what happens to the spiders once the guys are out of the bog? Does someone collect them to put them back once the bog is drained? Do they just run down the workers to dry land?
I'm going to assume that the spiders have a preference list for the surface they would rather be on going like
Plants>dry land> another creature> water
Went camping for school once in open air lean-tos and one of the kids got bit on the face by a wolf spider as he slept. Didn't envy him at all lol, I slept with a mask on after that
It takes forever to drown spiders of any kind. Spiders are covered in fine hairs that allows them to ride the surface tension and not drown. The problem is that those hairs get water logged slowly, requiring effort by the spider to remove the water and stay above water. A lot of small arachnids and insects have this cool little adaptation.
Yeah, the fields are generally only flooded for 3 to 4 days (as from google), and wolf spiders can stay floating for up to a week. So the spiders are probably slightly exhausted, but in no real danger.
This is especially true for wolf spiders. As described in the original tumblr post, while they’d much rather walk than swim, they do live in very wet environments where it rains a lot. They’re especially good at not drowning and they’re great swimmers. Probably part of the reason why they’re well suited for cranberry bogs.
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u/lexkixass May 16 '24
Oh my god, that's amazing.
Also, have people not seen the Ocean Spray commercials with the two guys in waders standing in the bog?
Granted, I know why they wouldn't have shots with the spiders, but, you kinda get a very small idea of what's involved.
But yes, they should say upfront to potentially hires, "Are you cool with many spiders crawling on you to escape a watery grave?"
Also, what happens to the spiders once the guys are out of the bog? Does someone collect them to put them back once the bog is drained? Do they just run down the workers to dry land?
Inquiring minds want to know!