Re: bugs n stuff

<nitpick>
dragonfiles have lungs, or rather they have a pump in their abdomens to force
air through their trachael networks.
spiders and scorpions have "book lungs", apparently, and a blood circulation..

[ http://www.britannica.com/bcom/eb/article/9/0,5716,128769+4+117581,00.html ]

</nitpick>

while the article does goes on to say that these still impose a limit on the
size of insects, the fossil record contains some fairly hefty ones.

the goatunit wrote:
>
> about intelligent insects...
>
> exoskeletons and extra legs are not the only differences between most
> animals and insects.  Another big difference is the complete lack of any
> sort of heart or lungs.  Due to the lack of these organs, insectoid life
> could never expand beyond the size we have on earth.

--
ru

there's a moral in there somewhere,
but i'm damned if i know what it is..