• TheTechnician27
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    3 days ago

    Be thankful they chose Aranae instead of other arachnid orders.

    don't open; whip-spider inside

    Heterophrynus specimen, order Amblypygi

    • @[email protected]
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      113 days ago

      How about pseudoscorpions? One landed on my arm a few weeks ago (probably fell out of the AC ducts) and it was charmingly silly proportioned for a tiny little thing waving pincers.

      • TheTechnician27
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        72 days ago

        Pseudoscorpions are absolute little goofs, I agree. I’m not sure if that offsets how weird and creepy they are. It’s like I’m giggling and profoundly worried I’m seeing an alien at the same time.

    • RicoBerto
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      82 days ago

      I just wanted to say thank you for the spoiler. I have arachnophobia though regular spiders only kind of weird me out unless they are like coming at me. But anything even remotely more than that and I wouldn’t be able to handle it. I choose to live my life believing scorpions are fake for example. Anyways, thanks for hiding the scary picture on the internet when you didn’t have to.

      • TheTechnician27
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        62 days ago

        I do have to. Doing otherwise robs you of a chance to someday gradually expose yourself to and appreciate these creatures. Or it at least needlessly ruins someone’s mood.