x4740N@lemm.ee to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 2 days agoDo spiders poop ?message-squaremessage-square28fedilinkarrow-up150arrow-down13
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minus-squaremassive_bereavement@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 days agoYou think right: silk comes from the spinnerets, however they do use frass (poo) to improve their cobwebs.
minus-squareghostrider2112@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 days agolol…nice. thanks for the info and for teaching me a new word for poo.
minus-squaremassive_bereavement@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 days agoSure! Frass can be used for most insect excreta, but saying that someone’s full of frass sounds just right. Maybe also a phrase like: “If you touch the cobwebs, you’ll get the frass”
minus-squareghostrider2112@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 day agolol…nice. is that why cobwebs smell so musty? I used to just think they held onto the smells from the environment. now, i think it must be 💩
You think right: silk comes from the spinnerets, however they do use frass (poo) to improve their cobwebs.
lol…nice. thanks for the info and for teaching me a new word for poo.
Sure! Frass can be used for most insect excreta, but saying that someone’s full of frass sounds just right.
Maybe also a phrase like: “If you touch the cobwebs, you’ll get the frass”
lol…nice. is that why cobwebs smell so musty? I used to just think they held onto the smells from the environment. now, i think it must be 💩