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Are spiders turtlely enough for the Turtle Club? (lemmy.world)

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago (16 children)

Yeah I’ve looked a bit harder and I see the spider shape a bit better now (from underneath), the slight motion blur in places would suggest not AI but I’m not totally convinced. From a quick search these spiders aren’t that big so that must be a very baby turtle, and I don’t know what’s going on around the mouth but it doesn’t look right, nor does the interference pattern of the ripples.

Agreeing with me would make a lot of people a lot more comfortable 😅

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (10 children)

The sizes make sense - the turtle is on the smaller end and likely a juvenile, but both seem appropriately sized - the spiders can grow that big, especially if female.

I found this in a group for spider enthusiasts - these are the kinds of geeks that will look at a spider leg and get it down to class. AI is not good at generating invertebrate species specific traits yet. While this is pretty spectacular - not a daily event - these are both species that can be found in the same area, and these spiders will attack vertebrate pray.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

the spiders can grow that big, especially if female.

I tried to click the link, but after having to identify motorcyles and busses 5 times in a row ... I gave up. Maybe I'm a bot.