My parents keep saying this since I was young that household pests like spiders' pee can cause the lips, eyes or whatever sensitive body parts to 'rot'. How true is that?
2007-07-31 10:25:32 · 5 answers · asked by snowywolf_18 1 in Home & Garden ➔ Other - Home & Garden
Great question.
Here is an article all about it.
source is sited below.
Here is their question and response:
"Question: Do spiders urinate? (why I get this question so often, I don't know)
Answer:spiders have structures designed to get rid of nitrogenous waste. These are called malpighian tubules and function in a manner similar to our own kidneys. Spiders don't produce urine like we do, but produce uric acid, which doesn't dissolve in water and is a near-solid. Spiders have this alternate form of waste because they can't afford to lose as much water as we do. These malpighian tubules drain into an pouch attached to the digestive tract (called a stercoral pocket) so the uric acid waste from the "kidneys" is combined and eliminated together with solid waste from the digestive tract. In this sense, spiders don't deposit separate feces and urine, but rather a combined waste product that exits from the same opening (anus)".
Oh, look Leah, we have the same source. You forgot to site your source though.
2007-07-31 14:24:17 · answer #1 · answered by Sptfyr 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
i don't know but i have these two fairly large spiders outside my kitchen window. the other night i was watching it spin it's web and i noticed black liquid dripping out of it's backside. im assuming it was pooping... maybe it poo's and pee's at the same time out of the same orifice????
2007-07-31 10:35:07 · answer #2 · answered by frankfarter! 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes as amatter of fact they do. Spiders have structures designed to get
>rid of
>> nitrogenous waste called malpighian tubules. They function in a manner
>similar
>> to our own kidneys. However, spiders don't produce urine like we do.
>Instead
>> they produce uric acid, which doesn't dissolve in water and is almost
>solid.
>> Spiders excrete uric acid because they can't afford to lose as much water
>as we
>> do. These malpighian tubules drain into an pouch attached to the digestive
>> tract. This results in the uric acid waste from the "kidneys" becoming
>> combined and eliminated with solid waste from the digestive tract. So
>strictly
>> speaking, spiders don't deposit separate feces and urine, but rather a
>combined
>> waste product that exits from the same opening (anus).
2007-07-31 10:39:17 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
When I'm high like I am right now...I ponder questions like this one...Do they pee?..Anyone? someone look it up on the net real fast and let us know :-)
2007-07-31 10:41:16 · answer #4 · answered by Wicked_Angel25 2 · 1⤊ 2⤋
... That's a very good question... I Know they poop, I saw it once it was orange and stringy...
2007-07-31 10:33:09 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋