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    Whip spider attacking with its pedipalps (Euphrynichus amanica)

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    3. TheBrianWeissman on

      The origin point of crab claws. Or the cyclical evolution back into them, since arachnids and crustaceans are very related.

    4. AntofReddit on

      It’s all fun and games until they get into the radioactive sugar. Trust me, as one of “THEM” I know.

    5. KapeAmpongGatas on

      Anyone else wants Bethesda to add a mutated version of this in the next fallout game?

    6. InsomniaticWanderer on

      You gotta use crucio on it. Bonus points if you do it in front of a traumatized teen.

    17. MineOutrageous5098 on

      Bookmarked to show my wife later, she HATES spiders and I don’t think she’s seen this one before.

    24. ironscythe on

      It’s really frustrating when you know shit about arthropods and people show up screaming “AH KILL IT WITH FIRE”.

      Buddy. Pal.

      https://preview.redd.it/dyxgjpn4bm2h1.png?width=468&format=png&auto=webp&s=89164d10376c702f4f5954a1ac59c1367468a8ee

      This thing, the Tailless Whip Scorpion, is *CAPITAL H HARMLESS*. It has no fangs, no stinger, no venom, or even silk to build webs. It catches small prey with those claws, which are 100% not evolved to handle anything larger than a cockroach. The worst this guy in the video stands to receive is a light scratch or a blood-drawing poke. You can see it fully grab his hand and then pull away, with him showing zero reaction.

      This kind of behavior, also, only happens when you back one into a corner and *scare the absolute shit out of it*. They’re skittish. They would rather run away than face anything even the same size as them, in particular because again, they *have no real natural defense mechanisms*.

      Really all that’s happening on this video is animal abuse, because they absolutely don’t strike out unless it’s their only remaining course of action against something that’s actively, repeatedly being rough or aggressive with them.

      TL;DR– 100% harmless, will never bother you if you don’t bother it, and will try to run and hide before ever trying to fight back. The only reason you could possibly have to kill one is because you’re a sadistic asshole.

    27. Troytt4 on

      Now give it its four weapons, the Flare Cannon, Shock Therapist, Monster Pump, and Comedy Bomb

      (At most, 10 people might get this reference)

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