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[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 hours ago

Don't spiders actually sort of rather drink their prey than eating it? We digest food inside us, spiders just vomit up shit onto paralysed prey that liquifies it so the spider can just sort of slurp it up.

So I wonder how he'll do with a turtle. It's easy enough to imagine on a fish, but...

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago)

This is basically the plot of IT.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

Fascinating is not the word I would use to describe that

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 hours ago

How about 'fucking nuts, dude'?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 hours ago

It's a guilty pleasure that I love The Matter of Disguise.

[–] [email protected] 69 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (6 children)
[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 hours ago

But the spiders is Australia are worse right? Thats how I justify sleeping at night. Tell me its true.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 day ago

Why limit it to the US? Dolomedes is international.

Also yes I will sleep tight, knowing these adorable and accomplished spiders are out there living their best lives.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 day ago

there's the slight alleviating factor of most people not living in lakes

[–] [email protected] 35 points 1 day ago

Not entirely accurate, there are some save zones in North- an West Alaska.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 day ago (3 children)
[–] [email protected] 37 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Red is land, white represents where the spiders are.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 day ago (2 children)

We've lost Canada and Mexico to the spiders already...

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 hours ago

This comment is full of spiders. Using darkmode just hides them in the dark

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago

But how do they fish on land?

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 day ago (2 children)

That would be very disheartening if I lived in America

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

They are in many countries. But they are not scary.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 day ago (1 children)

these days it doesn't even make the top 10 list of disturbing things for people living in America

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[–] [email protected] 96 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 42 points 1 day ago

Poor turtle :( he's just a little fella

[–] [email protected] 87 points 1 day ago (4 children)

How strong is that spider that it can lift a turtle? Will one nuke be enough?

[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 day ago

"Laughs in australian"

[–] [email protected] 27 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Let's see how strong they are under a blanket of napalm.

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I know your age range just from the master of disguise reference

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Saw that shit in theatres. As well as Baby Geniuses 2 and Meet the Spartans.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 22 hours ago

You're my exact age 31. And 32 in a few months

[–] [email protected] 23 points 1 day ago (11 children)

That's gotta be in Australia...

[–] [email protected] 34 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Nope, southern US. Found in a local group.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

Great find! There are various members of Dolomedes in other countries. Some specialise in rivers, other lakes.

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

Nope, that's a north American species.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 day ago

That's it, I'm petitioning the Army to let me have my M203 back.

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[–] phoenixz 8 points 1 day ago

Neither are humans, but there is always a first

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