Watch 1,000 baby spiders devour their mothers and aunties alive in stomach-turning, first-of-its-kind footage

Submitted ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨lvxferre@mander.xyz⁩ to ⁨[deleted]⁩

https://www.livescience.com/animals/spiders/watch-1-000-baby-spiders-devour-their-mothers-and-aunties-alive-in-stomach-turning-first-of-its-kind-footage

The spiders in question are Stegodyphus dumicola aka African social spiders.

I couldn’t find a link to the video in the article itself so [here it is](www.youtube.com/watch?v=3unTLVQvTjM0. Discretion is advised - it is fascinating and horrifying at the same time.

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remon@ani.social ⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
First-of-its-kind footage?

There is plenty of videos of that. Here an 11 year old one.

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- lvxferre@mander.xyz ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  The article is a bit sensationalist, but I think it’s the first time for this species.
  
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  - remon@ani.social ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
    
    but I think it’s the first time for this species.
    
    No, even hat specific species has been filmed engaging in matriphagy. Example #1, Example #2.
    
    But I guess it’s the first of it’s kind narrated by David Attenborough!
    
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Gradually_Adjusting@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
Thanks for the link! I overlooked your body text at first.

I was going to make some kind of Silksong joke but like… This is more intense than the game.

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