Why do so many tarantula enthusiasts say that their female spider 'dropped' an egg sac or indeed is 'due to drop' an egg sac?
Quite clearly female spiders don't 'drop' anything. They lay the silk, then lay the eggs then bind it together. Technically they make an egg sac, not drop one. We don't say the chicken is due to drop eggs - she lays them.
Where did this strange and curious term emanate from? Does anybody care? Am I being too picky or should I just 'drop' the subject?
Quite clearly female spiders don't 'drop' anything. They lay the silk, then lay the eggs then bind it together. Technically they make an egg sac, not drop one. We don't say the chicken is due to drop eggs - she lays them.
Where did this strange and curious term emanate from? Does anybody care? Am I being too picky or should I just 'drop' the subject?
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