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Spiders on Drugs. (Original Post)
Uncle Joe
Jun 2014
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zeemike
(18,998 posts)1. Actualy that was a joke vedio and not accurate.
Spiders
In 1948, Swiss pharmacologist P. N. Witt started his research on the effect of drugs on spiders. The initial motivation for the study was a request from his colleague, zoologist H. M. Peters, to shift the time when garden spiders build their webs from 2am5am, which apparently annoyed Peters, to earlier hours. Witt tested spiders with a range of psychoactive drugs, including amphetamine, mescaline, strychnine, LSD and caffeine, and found that the drugs affect the size and shape of the web rather than the time when it is built. At small doses of caffeine (10 µg/spider), the webs were smaller; the radii were uneven, but the regularity of the circles was unaffected. At higher doses (100 µg/spider), the shape changed more, and the web design became irregular. All the drugs tested reduced web regularity except for small doses (0.10.3 µg) of LSD, which resulted in more ordered webs.[2]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Effect_of_psychoactive_drugs_on_animals
In 1948, Swiss pharmacologist P. N. Witt started his research on the effect of drugs on spiders. The initial motivation for the study was a request from his colleague, zoologist H. M. Peters, to shift the time when garden spiders build their webs from 2am5am, which apparently annoyed Peters, to earlier hours. Witt tested spiders with a range of psychoactive drugs, including amphetamine, mescaline, strychnine, LSD and caffeine, and found that the drugs affect the size and shape of the web rather than the time when it is built. At small doses of caffeine (10 µg/spider), the webs were smaller; the radii were uneven, but the regularity of the circles was unaffected. At higher doses (100 µg/spider), the shape changed more, and the web design became irregular. All the drugs tested reduced web regularity except for small doses (0.10.3 µg) of LSD, which resulted in more ordered webs.[2]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Effect_of_psychoactive_drugs_on_animals
Uncle Joe
(58,355 posts)2. I know it was a joke.
Today was the first time, I've seen it.
seperate_corpnstate
(1 post)3. First Church of Christ???
So, is "First Church of Christ, 2006 ", is part of the Joke?
Uncle Joe
(58,355 posts)4. I first saw this on Facebook today and pulled it from youtube.
Where do you see "First Church of Christ"?
Welcome to D.U. seperate_corpnstate.
P.S. I see you have been here since 2009, but this is your first post, welcome to posting at D.U.
Spitfire of ATJ
(32,723 posts)5. Ya never know what will trigger that long time lurker to post....
Maybe we need more spiders with teeny handguns.
Uncle Joe
(58,355 posts)6. I believe cannabis should be legal but I thought it was a funny video anyway.
Ah well, to each his or her own.
It's good to see you, Spitfire.
MrMickeysMom
(20,453 posts)8. Those were corporate state spiders, I'll have you know!
ReRe
(10,597 posts)7. I think I'm becoming...
... an "Uncle Joe" follower. Love the video clips you share!