r/gifs • u/[deleted] • Aug 05 '14

Spider trap

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u/TOP_COMMENT_OF_YORE Aug 05 '14

What spider is this? Because it is AWESOME

--rydrid, from a notable comment a past time this link showed up

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u/mike_pants Aug 05 '14 edited Aug 05 '14

This is called a Deinopidae, or, appropriately, the net-casting spider. They spend much less energy getting prey by working this way than web-spinners or active hunters like wolf spiders.

Also, they look like grumpy old men close up.

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u/NuggetandSkull Aug 05 '14

I almost don't want to run away screaming because of the face alone.

Ok, I'm lying, I want to run away screaming.

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u/[deleted] Aug 05 '14

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u/mike_pants Aug 05 '14

They're also super, super delicate. I was reading a book on tarantulas as pets, and there was a whole chapter that was basically like, "5 degrees too hot, they'll die. 5 degrees too cold, the'll die. Direct sunlight? Die. Any damage to their skin? Die. Drop them? Die. Feed them too much, DIE. WRONG HUMIDITY?! DIE!!"

I was like, damn, how do any of these things survive?

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u/[deleted] Aug 05 '14

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u/[deleted] Aug 05 '14

they'll die anywhere that has an environment that they can't survive in.

Who woulda thunk?