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Female velvet spiders exhibit a remarkable type of maternal care unique among arachnids. Upon the birth of her brood, the mother spider liquefies her internal organs and regurgitates this material as food. Once her capability to liquefy her insides is exhausted, the young sense this and consume the mother.
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what a terrible day to have eyes
I hope that’s not an egg sack…
It’s just a very distinct abdomen
thicc
Nuke it from orbit
It’s the only way to be sure.
He’s so relaxed, i almost thought we had wednesday.
It’s W̷̨̡̛̹̪̞̼̗̗͔̘̟̘̮̠͎̹̌̊̋̈́̃̄̿̑͊̑͋͐̾̽̓̒͆͂͑̒̆͌͊̔́́͑͑̆͂͋͑̾͒̈́̈́͒̽̓̀̇̄̔̽͊͌́̄͊̏̽̑̓̄̃̿̈̇̔̊̃̎͆̐̇̑̀͜͜͠͝͝͝͠ę̴̧̨̡̛̛̛̹̝͔͔̩̰͈̰͓͙̤͓̮͎̞͓̘͓̞̰̞͎̱͉͉̰̼̗̠̬̜̰̼̬̟̺̳͖̝͓̦͓̫͉̻̗̺̺̭̺̮̗͌̃̆̀̒̍͗̀̈́̉͌̑̈́̀̐̅̅̉͒̈́̑̓̋͌̀̅̉̌̎̅̈́̑̉́́̆͐̈͗̆͆́̅̒̈̌̔̂̐͆̀̊̈́͋̈́̋́̒̓̏͗̋͌̆̄̑̀̂͘̕̚͘͘͜͠͠d̵̢̢̡̨̢̧̢̢̩̞͍͕̬̲͓̥̹̮̠͉͔̤̣͔̝̖̖̝̖͚͓͓̖̖̞̦̗̯͚̻̙̰͚̳͚̖̰͙͉̟͆̇̂͒̇́͒̃̉́̃́͆͗̄̂̌͊̍͜͠͝͝n̶̢̨̛̛̛͎̙̰̼͕͈̞͙̟̮̹͊̓͌̉̽̈́̑̀̐̏̆̿͒̇̐̀́̆͗̊̾͒̑̌͒̀̈̅̇̄̆͒͌̀̓̈́͊̏̑̈́̋͒͗͒̀̇͒̏͂̔̌̋̿̿̎̈́̔́̑̚̚̕̚͘̕͠͝͝͝ͅȩ̴̡̨̡̨̧̛̻̻̭͚̝̮̠͎͙̳̲̼͇̱̲̪͔̲̻̻̮̻͍̻̜̤͚͓͎̭̠̮̠̻̻̫͖̖͎̜̣̩̫̻͙̲͉̥̘̫̘̗͓̫͚̝̺̞̼̜͕̦̹̱̭̘̱̼̠̬̜͗̿̊̇̍̔̉͋̔̐͐̉́̈́̊̈̉̔̇́̉̇̍͗̐̇͗̏̃̈̓̓̈́̄̃̀̈́̐̿̌̋̊̿̓͋͗́̾̐̔̂͛̈́̉͐̀͂͑̕͘̚͜͜͝͠ͅş̸̡̨̧̡̧̡̡̛̰̰̬̞͙̼̞̘̠̼͉̦̯͈̼͎̮̪̖̺̟̫͚̣̠̰͔̞̰̩̟̭̹͎̟̘̼̼̖̲̖̜̭͕͕́̊͌͗͂̂̀̌͗̊̆̒̈͊̈́́̀̀̔͆̈̋͘͘̕͜͜͜͝ḑ̸̢̢̡̨̨̡̭̮̗͓̗̯͔̙̖̫̙̪͇̞͔͙̖͈͎̩̼̻̰̖͍͓͙͖̙̦̗̭͈̼̝̳͇̲̻̱̯̑͛̍̅͗̀͒̎̾̈̿̏̍̑̈̒̿̽͗͆̕ͅą̸̢̧̧̢̧̡̧̛̙̘̤̱̠͉͎͇̞͔͈̭͍͚̹̤͎͇̞͓͍̣̟͉̘͙̼̰̦̟̯̮̦̮͔̙̬͔̰̮̳̖͖̦̘͆͊͒̑̅͌̽͆͌̌̇̈́̇̉͒̑̓́̓́̒̔͛́̀͒͗̓̃͗̒̀̉̽̒͊́̿̑̇̕̕̕̕͜͜͜͝͝͝ͅͅý̸̢̧̧̛̫̳̪̦̹͙͉͇̣̼͔̯͎͉̙͔͍̞͕̰̖͎̭̩͓̬̦͇͈͇̞̗̯̏͂̄͗̎̅̈̅͐̕͜͜͝ my dudes
I’m not at all arachnophobic - I’ll often pick spiders up with my hand to put them outside - but I don’t think I could let this one crawl on me without crying.
They’re like jumping spiders that cant jump… pretty chill ladies i believe.
I don’t think that changes anything.
For the curious, the original text says “cute” in Japanese (the infamous “kawaii”)
こわい
Did humans inadvertently body shame a spider?
No one’s commented anything that indicates to me whether or not this is real. If so, what’s the species?
Oh dang, I thought the title was just a cute description.
Any idea what specific species? Looks like there’s a lot of velvet spiders from that wiki.
It’s like a fuchikoma/tachikoma from Ghost in the Shell.
000999@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 weeks ago
bro is bulking
Damage@slrpnk.net 4 weeks ago
Bro is a sis
DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 4 weeks ago
Good for her
Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 4 weeks ago
so sad they’re suffering from brosis
BedSharkPal@lemmy.ca 4 weeks ago
My bro is merely acquiring mass