B.C. by Mastroianni and Hart for January 17, 2021

Lunch on the wing.

“Why can’t spiders fly?”

“Because humanity needed a break.”

Poor humanity: https://youtu.be/XBDtrJSv2_I

… one quick snack for pterodactyls!

Actually spiders can fly, Remember the end of Charlotte’s Web.

Does this mean the strip is down a character or does cartoon biology apply here?

Spiders have no wings, but they can drift on the wind using their webbing.

Cartoon Physics, or “They’ve killed Kenny!”

Every new invention has occasional setbacks. this one could slow things down a lot.

FACEPLA………OH Damn .. Mannnn !

Apparently Parachute Spiders had not yet evolved.

Nice try, though, Icarus!

Just to give you all nightmares, have look at this! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ballooning_(spider)

It’s just taking him home for a playdate with the kids.

No more Thor

Guess that flight has to wait another few million years.

All he has to do is run around inside until he is all pooped out.

Sooo, this is sort of what it would look like it the “Roadrunner” caught ol’ Wile E Coyote in the old, old days.

Happy that spiders do not have wings? Be VERY happy that ticks do not have wings.

Worth it for the one-liner in the intro

Actually spiders can fly. I saw one flying over a river in Wisconsin last summer. It had let out a long strand of web and the wind was carrying it hither and yon.

Thor: “I’m Batman!”

Finally one of these strips makes me laugh out loud then I gotta scroll down for the reply guys…

Flying straight into the jaws of danger! Chomp!

And one giant bite for Pterodactylkind….

Apparently, the earth bound fauna aren’t a big enough threat, that idiot had to go airborne looking for even more trouble.

the answer will come out soon….the first politician……

into the mouth of a carnivorous animal……

Then having to build it all over again.

Spiders may not be able to fly but after you’ve seen a tarantula jump you may not be able to tell the difference!

Didja drive an Alpha Romeo?

…and here we have cartoon license: pterodactyls and humans are tens of millions or years apart, but ok here in the mastrionni and hartiverse

wow, that sucked…

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Fun fact: Spiders can fly (more float or drift through the air) using a process called ballooning. They release several fine silks that catch the breeze and carry them off. I have seen it before, quite cool.