Damn it.. Now my arachnophobia is going crazy. I shivered just reading that head line. And seeing that crab spider makes me freak a bit...

So what? I think with an organ that fills body cavities too.

Incidentally, how surprising is it that an organism possessed of a cephalothorax would have trouble fitting a brain in there? At least it's not wrapped around their esophagus.

Yeah,
several women have told me that my brain goes into another one of my appendages.


/and I don't think any of them have been doctors, either.

A spider plotting world domination?

basemetal:


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Spiny orb weavers are my favorite spiders! I think they're really cool.

/spiders do not bother me in the least
//cockroaches, on the other hand....

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I have about four of these in my front yard right now.

I've always been a leg man, but I didn't realize that made me a brain man too. Now if we could just find some brains in breasts, I could truly, finally, love a woman for her mind.

That reminds me, I need to go by the bait store and get some crickets for my tarantula

That explains the mess when I smash them.

NO! NOOOOOO! DON'T CUT OFF MY LEGS!! NOOOO- DUUUUUUUUH, where am I?

Do scientists go LOOKING for stuff to keep me up at night, clutching a rolled-up magazine, every sense finely tuned for detecting the latest horror-show freaklette they just HAVE to show everybody?

Seriously dudes, keep it to yourself and your creepy bug guys club. The rest of us need to sleep without knowing that the six, eight and eight-plus legged critters are poised to take over the world and roast us on shish-ka-bobs.

"Don't mind me, go to sleep".

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I truly hate this particular species of spider. farkers spin these gigantic, incredibly sticky, but almost invisible webs that stretch across hiking trails, between trees in people's yards etc. The spider itself is small, slow and pretty much harmless, but running into its web triggers some really old reflex where your reptilian brain starts screaming, "AAAAAAAAA!!!! GIANT farkING SPIDER GOTS ME!!!! AAAAAAAAAA!!!!!"

/we also had Clock Spider and his extended family
//harmless as well, and not really very scary compared to Spiky Giant Web Spider

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And yeah, little jumping spiders actually make this discovery (of big spidey brains) completely unsurprising--they really ARE like little centimeter-sized Tachikomas; pretty much the only arthropods I've ever seen that seem to be actively curious about people to the point you wonder what's going on in their tiny brains.

And, well, jumping spider thread:

Great Porn Dragon: Nurglitch: [www.fullfreestuff.com image 500x389]

And yeah, little jumping spiders actually make this discovery (of big spidey brains) completely unsurprising--they really ARE like little centimeter-sized Tachikomas; pretty much the only arthropods I've ever seen that seem to be actively curious about people to the point you wonder what's going on in their tiny brains.

And, well, jumping spider thread:

[www.en-derin.com image 600x427]
[www.jigsawexplorer.com image 449x300]

THIS. Very cool, and tactically brilliant whenever I challenge one to a fight with my finger. Like a smart, tiny puppy. Except it's a spider.

i don't live in an area where there are giant spiders, most deadly one is just a black widow and I haven't seen any so no worries!

What's this? Jumping spider thread??



yay

/wait
//what?

I wonder if this is connected to how fluid they walk. I remember reading that robotics can't come close to getting eight legs to walk well, but that it would be great for robot rovers on other planets.

Pilikia: Great Porn Dragon: Nurglitch: [www.fullfreestuff.com image 500x389]

And yeah, little jumping spiders actually make this discovery (of big spidey brains) completely unsurprising--they really ARE like little centimeter-sized Tachikomas; pretty much the only arthropods I've ever seen that seem to be actively curious about people to the point you wonder what's going on in their tiny brains.

And, well, jumping spider thread:

[www.en-derin.com image 600x427]
[www.jigsawexplorer.com image 449x300]

THIS. Very cool, and tactically brilliant whenever I challenge one to a fight with my finger. Like a smart, tiny puppy. Except it's a spider.

OK you just earned a spot on my favorites list.

/kept a salticid as a pet in college. Awesome little guy.

Dinodork: Pilikia: Great Porn Dragon: Nurglitch: [www.fullfreestuff.com image 500x389]

And yeah, little jumping spiders actually make this discovery (of big spidey brains) completely unsurprising--they really ARE like little centimeter-sized Tachikomas; pretty much the only arthropods I've ever seen that seem to be actively curious about people to the point you wonder what's going on in their tiny brains.

And, well, jumping spider thread:

[www.en-derin.com image 600x427]
[www.jigsawexplorer.com image 449x300]

THIS. Very cool, and tactically brilliant whenever I challenge one to a fight with my finger. Like a smart, tiny puppy. Except it's a spider.

OK you just earned a spot on my favorites list.

/kept a salticid as a pet in college. Awesome little guy.

I've actually heard of people keeping little jumping spiders as pets...it's hard to imagine what you'd feed 'em (mealworms are bigger than they are...flies, maybe?) but...well, the idea HAS come to mind more than once :D

Usually just enjoy 'em outside doing their little teeny-tiny-Tachikoma thing with them occasionally looking at me going "wtf?"...and then there was the one who got in the radio room, who watched patiently as I soldered bits on a kit I was building and allowed me to take the little gal outside where spider-noms were more widely available :D

(Yes, I think they are DARN CUTE. :D)

/and yes, Tachikoma design was based on little salticid jumping spiders :3

Spiders are the only creatures I want to kill simply for existing.

Jumping spiders' anterior median eyes have a narrow field but are high res and adjustable. It's those movements you can see as they track your position to keep you in focus as we do with our fovea.

That's not to say they're not plotting your demise for calling them cute.

Need_MindBleach: Spiders are the only creatures I want to kill simply for existing.

On behalf of ticks, flies, mosquitoes and bothersome gnats everywhere, thank you.

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Cannot....process....concept....of cute....spiders... *smoke pours from ears*