Comments on: The Out-Takes: Emily, The Spider, And Me http://toonstoonstoons.net/2010/02/the-out-takes-emily-the-spider-and-me/ and why shouldn't they? Tue, 07 Sep 2010 15:45:25 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Angela http://toonstoonstoons.net/2010/02/the-out-takes-emily-the-spider-and-me/comment-page-1/#comment-878 Angela Mon, 01 Mar 2010 04:09:37 +0000 http://toonstoonstoons.net/?p=745#comment-878 All are very nice. I find the lowermost spider the friendliest - smaller eyes, and two are reassuringly more eye-like than the others. Also, I like its perspective best. And the thick legs with fewer joints. Though the mandibles on the second are more aesthetically pleasing and more convincingly mandibular. Predators have a certain pragmatic, honest ruthlessness about their natural interactions, which I can admire. But apparently at least one species can be vegetarian: http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/35121/title/Vegetarian_spider All are very nice. I find the lowermost spider the friendliest – smaller eyes, and two are reassuringly more eye-like than the others. Also, I like its perspective best. And the thick legs with fewer joints. Though the mandibles on the second are more aesthetically pleasing and more convincingly mandibular.

Predators have a certain pragmatic, honest ruthlessness about their natural interactions, which I can admire. But apparently at least one species can be vegetarian:
http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/35121/title/Vegetarian_spider

]]> By: Teena http://toonstoonstoons.net/2010/02/the-out-takes-emily-the-spider-and-me/comment-page-1/#comment-877 Teena Sun, 28 Feb 2010 23:30:10 +0000 http://toonstoonstoons.net/?p=745#comment-877 Emily, the spider and you -- now to get all tangled up in a web! Emily, the spider and you — now to get all tangled up in a web!

]]> By: Ed. http://toonstoonstoons.net/2010/02/the-out-takes-emily-the-spider-and-me/comment-page-1/#comment-876 Ed. Sun, 28 Feb 2010 22:17:13 +0000 http://toonstoonstoons.net/?p=745#comment-876 I knew I could count on Horace to flush me out from my mild vegetarian exterior. I knew I could count on Horace to flush me out from my mild vegetarian exterior.

]]> By: Horace Gaims http://toonstoonstoons.net/2010/02/the-out-takes-emily-the-spider-and-me/comment-page-1/#comment-875 Horace Gaims Sun, 28 Feb 2010 18:26:28 +0000 http://toonstoonstoons.net/?p=745#comment-875 Since, in real life, spiders are ferocious predators, Emily and her kin are truly anthropomorphic. Since, in real life, spiders are ferocious predators, Emily and her kin are truly anthropomorphic.

]]> By: Chuck http://toonstoonstoons.net/2010/02/the-out-takes-emily-the-spider-and-me/comment-page-1/#comment-874 Chuck Sun, 28 Feb 2010 17:12:09 +0000 http://toonstoonstoons.net/?p=745#comment-874 I love the spiders.....they look very friendly to me....they're "nice" spiders....the kind you'd like to have as special pals. I'd sit on a tuffet with any of these spiders... I love the spiders…..they look very friendly to me….they’re “nice” spiders….the kind you’d like to have as special pals. I’d sit on a tuffet with any of these spiders…

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