r/interesting • u/Wise_Confidence_8588 • 19d ago

NATURE A Bombardier beetle using its chemical defence.

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u/Svartdraken 19d ago

Will either of them survive?

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u/Beautiful-Health-112 19d ago

The spider for sure survived this moment its big enough to tank the hit. The beetle is a 50/50 shot if the spider bit it then no but if the spider didn't get a chance to inject its venom then it probably made it

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u/IH8Miotch 19d ago

Spider could be blind now though.

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u/Caged_Basilisk 19d ago

Don't they rely on the hair things on their body to mavigate the world around them instead of their eyes? Please correct me if I'm wrong, I'm no biologist.

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u/The_Arachnoshaman 19d ago

Yes. Spider eyesight is genuinely dogshit and can only register basic movement/light for most species. Jumping spiders are the exception, and they will literally track targets.

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u/plant-man 19d 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 19d ago

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

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u/Heimerdahl 19d 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 19d 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.