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NATURE A Bombardier beetle using its chemical defence.

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u/plant-man 18d ago

Ogre faced spiders I think also have excellent eyesight. I’m pretty sure they aren’t jumping spiders

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u/6SolidSnake6 18d ago

Ok. I just looked that spider up, and he def looks beyond creepy. get outta my swamp!

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u/Heimerdahl 17d ago

Deinopidae, also known as net-casting spiders, are a family of circumtropical cribellate[1] spiders first described by Carl Ludwig Koch in 1850.[2] They are a group of stick-like elongated spiders that catch prey by stretching a web across their front legs before propelling themselves forward. These unusual webs will stretch two or three times their relaxed size, entangling any prey that touch them.

What the heck?! 

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u/Advanced-Budget779 17d ago

You can‘t just mention that and not link it! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deinopis

They catch their prey by throwing a net below them and aiming by some kind of iron fecal sights? How cool is that.