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[–] 000999@lemmy.dbzer0.com 60 points 1 week ago (2 children)
[–] Damage@slrpnk.net 52 points 1 week ago (2 children)
[–] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 22 points 1 week ago

Good for her

[–] Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 12 points 1 week ago

so sad they're suffering from brosis

[–] BedSharkPal@lemmy.ca 21 points 1 week ago

My bro is merely acquiring mass

[–] TPTheWiper@feddit.org 35 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Female velvet spiders exhibit a remarkable type of maternal care unique among arachnids. Upon the birth of her brood, the mother spider liquefies her internal organs and regurgitates this material as food. Once her capability to liquefy her insides is exhausted, the young sense this and consume the mother.

From Wikipedia

[–] princess@lemmy.blahaj.zone 15 points 1 week ago

what a terrible day to have eyes

[–] JohnDClay@sh.itjust.works 26 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I hope that's not an egg sack...

[–] Venus_Ziegenfalle@feddit.org 8 points 1 week ago (1 children)

It's just a very distinct abdomen

[–] samus12345@lemm.ee 2 points 1 week ago
[–] kamenlady@lemmy.world 21 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

It's so relaxed, i almost thought we had wednesday.

[–] swab148@lemm.ee 12 points 1 week ago

It's W̷̨̡̛̹̪̞̼̗̗͔̘̟̘̮̠͎̹̌̊̋̈́̃̄̿̑͊̑͋͐̾̽̓̒͆͂͑̒̆͌͊̔́́͑͑̆͂͋͑̾͒̈́̈́͒̽̓̀̇̄̔̽͊͌́̄͊̏̽̑̓̄̃̿̈̇̔̊̃̎͆̐̇̑̀͜͜͠͝͝͝͠ę̴̧̨̡̛̛̛̹̝͔͔̩̰͈̰͓͙̤͓̮͎̞͓̘͓̞̰̞͎̱͉͉̰̼̗̠̬̜̰̼̬̟̺̳͖̝͓̦͓̫͉̻̗̺̺̭̺̮̗͌̃̆̀̒̍͗̀̈́̉͌̑̈́̀̐̅̅̉͒̈́̑̓̋͌̀̅̉̌̎̅̈́̑̉́́̆͐̈͗̆͆́̅̒̈̌̔̂̐͆̀̊̈́͋̈́̋́̒̓̏͗̋͌̆̄̑̀̂͘̕̚͘͘͜͠͠d̵̢̢̡̨̢̧̢̢̩̞͍͕̬̲͓̥̹̮̠͉͔̤̣͔̝̖̖̝̖͚͓͓̖̖̞̦̗̯͚̻̙̰͚̳͚̖̰͙͉̟͆̇̂͒̇́͒̃̉́̃́͆͗̄̂̌͊̍͜͠͝͝n̶̢̨̛̛̛͎̙̰̼͕͈̞͙̟̮̹͊̓͌̉̽̈́̑̀̐̏̆̿͒̇̐̀́̆͗̊̾͒̑̌͒̀̈̅̇̄̆͒͌̀̓̈́͊̏̑̈́̋͒͗͒̀̇͒̏͂̔̌̋̿̿̎̈́̔́̑̚̚̕̚͘̕͠͝͝͝ͅȩ̴̡̨̡̨̧̛̻̻̭͚̝̮̠͎͙̳̲̼͇̱̲̪͔̲̻̻̮̻͍̻̜̤͚͓͎̭̠̮̠̻̻̫͖̖͎̜̣̩̫̻͙̲͉̥̘̫̘̗͓̫͚̝̺̞̼̜͕̦̹̱̭̘̱̼̠̬̜͗̿̊̇̍̔̉͋̔̐͐̉́̈́̊̈̉̔̇́̉̇̍͗̐̇͗̏̃̈̓̓̈́̄̃̀̈́̐̿̌̋̊̿̓͋͗́̾̐̔̂͛̈́̉͐̀͂͑̕͘̚͜͜͝͠ͅş̸̡̨̧̡̧̡̡̛̰̰̬̞͙̼̞̘̠̼͉̦̯͈̼͎̮̪̖̺̟̫͚̣̠̰͔̞̰̩̟̭̹͎̟̘̼̼̖̲̖̜̭͕͕́̊͌͗͂̂̀̌͗̊̆̒̈͊̈́́̀̀̔͆̈̋͘͘̕͜͜͜͝ḑ̸̢̢̡̨̨̡̭̮̗͓̗̯͔̙̖̫̙̪͇̞͔͙̖͈͎̩̼̻̰̖͍͓͙͖̙̦̗̭͈̼̝̳͇̲̻̱̯̑͛̍̅͗̀͒̎̾̈̿̏̍̑̈̒̿̽͗͆̕ͅą̸̢̧̧̢̧̡̧̛̙̘̤̱̠͉͎͇̞͔͈̭͍͚̹̤͎͇̞͓͍̣̟͉̘͙̼̰̦̟̯̮̦̮͔̙̬͔̰̮̳̖͖̦̘͆͊͒̑̅͌̽͆͌̌̇̈́̇̉͒̑̓́̓́̒̔͛́̀͒͗̓̃͗̒̀̉̽̒͊́̿̑̇̕̕̕̕͜͜͜͝͝͝ͅͅý̸̢̧̧̛̫̳̪̦̹͙͉͇̣̼͔̯͎͉̙͔͍̞͕̰̖͎̭̩͓̬̦͇͈͇̞̗̯̏͂̄͗̎̅̈̅͐̕͜͜͝ my dudes

[–] AFKBRBChocolate@lemmy.world 17 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I'm not at all arachnophobic - I'll often pick spiders up with my hand to put them outside - but I don't think I could let this one crawl on me without crying.

[–] MyFriendGodzilla@lemmy.world 9 points 1 week ago (1 children)

They're like jumping spiders that cant jump... pretty chill ladies i believe.

[–] AFKBRBChocolate@lemmy.world 11 points 1 week ago

I don't think that changes anything.

[–] hydrashok@sh.itjust.works 15 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 week ago

It's the only way to be sure.

[–] fireweed@lemmy.world 14 points 1 week ago (2 children)

For the curious, the original text says "cute" in Japanese (the infamous "kawaii")

[–] ZILtoid1991@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago
[–] BellaDonna@mujico.org -5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

What? No it doesn't. かわいい is usually written in Hiragana. I've never seen it written this way. 可愛い I've never seen it with these Kanji. I mean it kinda makes sense, with what 愛 means, but I've never seen this.

https://jisho.org/word/%E5%8F%AF%E6%84%9B%E3%81%84

those kanji in that order are read as "kawaii"

[–] hopesdead@startrek.website 6 points 1 week ago

Did humans inadvertently body shame a spider?

[–] JokeDeity@lemm.ee 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

No one's commented anything that indicates to me whether or not this is real. If so, what's the species?

[–] fossilesque@mander.xyz 12 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)
[–] JokeDeity@lemm.ee 4 points 1 week ago

Oh dang, I thought the title was just a cute description.

[–] JokeDeity@lemm.ee 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Any idea what specific species? Looks like there's a lot of velvet spiders from that wiki.

[–] fossilesque@mander.xyz 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I updated the comment. Eresidae; Gandanameno sp.

[–] JokeDeity@lemm.ee 1 points 1 week ago
[–] derfunkatron@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

It’s like a fuchikoma/tachikoma from Ghost in the Shell.