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[–] [email protected] 63 points 1 month ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 52 points 1 month ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 22 points 1 month ago

Good for her

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 month ago

so sad they're suffering from brosis

[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 month ago

My bro is merely acquiring mass

[–] [email protected] 35 points 1 month ago (1 children)

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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[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 month ago

what a terrible day to have eyes

[–] [email protected] 26 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I hope that's not an egg sack...

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago (1 children)

It's just a very distinct abdomen

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago
[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

It's so relaxed, i almost thought we had wednesday.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 month ago

It's W̷̨̡̛̹̪̞̼̗̗͔̘̟̘̮̠͎̹̌̊̋̈́̃̄̿̑͊̑͋͐̾̽̓̒͆͂͑̒̆͌͊̔́́͑͑̆͂͋͑̾͒̈́̈́͒̽̓̀̇̄̔̽͊͌́̄͊̏̽̑̓̄̃̿̈̇̔̊̃̎͆̐̇̑̀͜͜͠͝͝͝͠ę̴̧̨̡̛̛̛̹̝͔͔̩̰͈̰͓͙̤͓̮͎̞͓̘͓̞̰̞͎̱͉͉̰̼̗̠̬̜̰̼̬̟̺̳͖̝͓̦͓̫͉̻̗̺̺̭̺̮̗͌̃̆̀̒̍͗̀̈́̉͌̑̈́̀̐̅̅̉͒̈́̑̓̋͌̀̅̉̌̎̅̈́̑̉́́̆͐̈͗̆͆́̅̒̈̌̔̂̐͆̀̊̈́͋̈́̋́̒̓̏͗̋͌̆̄̑̀̂͘̕̚͘͘͜͠͠d̵̢̢̡̨̢̧̢̢̩̞͍͕̬̲͓̥̹̮̠͉͔̤̣͔̝̖̖̝̖͚͓͓̖̖̞̦̗̯͚̻̙̰͚̳͚̖̰͙͉̟͆̇̂͒̇́͒̃̉́̃́͆͗̄̂̌͊̍͜͠͝͝n̶̢̨̛̛̛͎̙̰̼͕͈̞͙̟̮̹͊̓͌̉̽̈́̑̀̐̏̆̿͒̇̐̀́̆͗̊̾͒̑̌͒̀̈̅̇̄̆͒͌̀̓̈́͊̏̑̈́̋͒͗͒̀̇͒̏͂̔̌̋̿̿̎̈́̔́̑̚̚̕̚͘̕͠͝͝͝ͅȩ̴̡̨̡̨̧̛̻̻̭͚̝̮̠͎͙̳̲̼͇̱̲̪͔̲̻̻̮̻͍̻̜̤͚͓͎̭̠̮̠̻̻̫͖̖͎̜̣̩̫̻͙̲͉̥̘̫̘̗͓̫͚̝̺̞̼̜͕̦̹̱̭̘̱̼̠̬̜͗̿̊̇̍̔̉͋̔̐͐̉́̈́̊̈̉̔̇́̉̇̍͗̐̇͗̏̃̈̓̓̈́̄̃̀̈́̐̿̌̋̊̿̓͋͗́̾̐̔̂͛̈́̉͐̀͂͑̕͘̚͜͜͝͠ͅş̸̡̨̧̡̧̡̡̛̰̰̬̞͙̼̞̘̠̼͉̦̯͈̼͎̮̪̖̺̟̫͚̣̠̰͔̞̰̩̟̭̹͎̟̘̼̼̖̲̖̜̭͕͕́̊͌͗͂̂̀̌͗̊̆̒̈͊̈́́̀̀̔͆̈̋͘͘̕͜͜͜͝ḑ̸̢̢̡̨̨̡̭̮̗͓̗̯͔̙̖̫̙̪͇̞͔͙̖͈͎̩̼̻̰̖͍͓͙͖̙̦̗̭͈̼̝̳͇̲̻̱̯̑͛̍̅͗̀͒̎̾̈̿̏̍̑̈̒̿̽͗͆̕ͅą̸̢̧̧̢̧̡̧̛̙̘̤̱̠͉͎͇̞͔͈̭͍͚̹̤͎͇̞͓͍̣̟͉̘͙̼̰̦̟̯̮̦̮͔̙̬͔̰̮̳̖͖̦̘͆͊͒̑̅͌̽͆͌̌̇̈́̇̉͒̑̓́̓́̒̔͛́̀͒͗̓̃͗̒̀̉̽̒͊́̿̑̇̕̕̕̕͜͜͜͝͝͝ͅͅý̸̢̧̧̛̫̳̪̦̹͙͉͇̣̼͔̯͎͉̙͔͍̞͕̰̖͎̭̩͓̬̦͇͈͇̞̗̯̏͂̄͗̎̅̈̅͐̕͜͜͝ my dudes

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 month ago (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 month ago (1 children)

They're like jumping spiders that cant jump... pretty chill ladies i believe.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 month ago

I don't think that changes anything.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago

It's the only way to be sure.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 month ago (2 children)

For the curious, the original text says "cute" in Japanese (the infamous "kawaii")

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 weeks ago
[–] [email protected] -5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

What? No it doesn't. かわいい is usually written in Hiragana. I've never seen it written this way. 可愛い I've never seen it with these Kanji. I mean it kinda makes sense, with what 愛 means, but I've never seen this.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago

https://jisho.org/word/%E5%8F%AF%E6%84%9B%E3%81%84

those kanji in that order are read as "kawaii"

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

No one's commented anything that indicates to me whether or not this is real. If so, what's the species?

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago

Oh dang, I thought the title was just a cute description.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Any idea what specific species? Looks like there's a lot of velvet spiders from that wiki.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I updated the comment. Eresidae; Gandanameno sp.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago
[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago

Did humans inadvertently body shame a spider?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

It’s like a fuchikoma/tachikoma from Ghost in the Shell.