It's been a while since I posted a strange animal. But I had to get that fucking silver Christmas challenge by @silverd510 over.
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So, check out this weird ass spider I recently learnt about
Why the long face silly? ππ
Dunno if it looks scary or just fucking ugly π
To no surprise, this little fella belongs to a group of spiders (family Archaeidae) that are commonly known as pelican spiders. Another common name they come by is assassin spiders and as you will read soon for a good reason.
In case you don't get it, they are called that way because of their unusually enlogated, pelican like jaws and necks.
Interestingly, this group of spiders first became known from 40 million-year-old amber fossils found in Europe. It wasn't till the 1880s when a living individual was spotted in Madagascar. Since then, Archaeidae species have also been found in the forests of South Africa and Australia, with researchers having so far identified approximately 40 living species.
Now about the elongated mouthparts...They are used to snatch unsuspecting prey (typically other spiders) and hold it at a safe distance while at the same time injectimg venom. Than they just wait for the victim to die. And then it's time for dinner. Neat. :D
Here's a cool video with some more info on them if you would like to learn more:
Ok, this is it for today. I hope you enjoyed your daily dosage of weird. More coming soon
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Very cool! That is one weird spider! But it has one hell of an advantage with that long reach, no wonder they didn't go extinct!
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Why are we even looking for aliens when things like these exist in our own planet. Damn that's spooky.
Yep, so many bizarre critters out there! Nature n never seizes to amaze me!
Why the long face ππ great photo, perfect model πͺπ
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Creepy and ugly π
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It's a weird spider. I never expected them to have such a long face.
lmao this is sooooo weird, what a weird spider, looks like some other insect, does it do the spiderweb too?
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Wow
This image is interesting I had never seen a spider like this before; it even looked frightening. It must have taken strength for you to investigate that.
This spider wants to have a dragons face havent seen it once in my life hope it's not poisonous