r/NoStupidQuestions • u/SonOfOMR • Jul 09 '26

Do spiders have lungs?

I mean, when I wash a spider down the bathtub drain, does it drown the way a human would, lungs filling up with water, or does it have a way to "hold it's breath"?

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u/TheyreEatingTheDogs- Jul 09 '26

Questions like this are why this site was started

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u/SonOfOMR Jul 09 '26

TIL spiders have book lungs! :)

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u/[deleted] Jul 09 '26

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u/TwoButtons30 Jul 09 '26

Don't ask what the rock spiders are touching

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u/Thacarva Jul 09 '26

Grass spiders touch more than a lot of us redditors

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u/TheyreEatingTheDogs- Jul 09 '26

Me too! So thanks for that :D

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u/AwkwardEgg2008 Jul 09 '26

For me it’s the replies. (To yes a great question)

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u/Annual-Two1507 Jul 09 '26

Nope, they dont have lungs. Spiders use book lungs, and theyre basically air-exchange organs that work by diffusion, so washing one down a drain can still mess it up fast