Well I wanted to do an experiment after reading articles on how arthropods got considerably larger millions upon million of years ago because our atmosphere was richer in oxygen, so I got to thinking, what if I get a tarantula, a scorpion, and giant centipede, and raised em (not together of course) with tubes directly feeding into their enclosures with pure oxygen, to see if they do in fact grow larger. Would this be a very ethical or humane experiment? I mean its just oxygen, but would too much be harmful?
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So I wanna try something
acid_lizard
Mar 14, 2012 10:57 AM
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megalon
Mar 14, 2012 11:31 AM
The only way the experiment would really work its to breed generation upon generation of them, under the higher oxygen levels, and you're probably looking at a very long-term experiment.the ensuing generations should theoretically get slightly larger, but you're talking about something that took mother nature millions of years to accomplish.
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acid_lizard
Mar 14, 2012 11:42 AM
oh ok, makes sense, I don't know if I really want to spend the time or the money on a project like that.
Thanks for the input!
