In case anyone is curious, most of these appear to be the tarantula Avicularia avicularia. Common name is, appropriately, the pinktoe tarantula.
this post was submitted on 11 Mar 2025
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Jumping spiders are easily the cutest Arthropods out there. They are super intelligent and exhibit object permanence.
I once startled a Bold Jumping Spider while doing garden work. It hid behind a plank of wood - and peaked out once in a while to check if I'm still there
That's fascinating. Knowing me I'd probably spend extra time in the garden just observing the little critter. Like dammit he's got me invested now! Lol
Why does it look friendly?
Because those ones are
Because those ones are
...masters at hiding their true evil intentions.
Just like kitties 😍
because we are programmed to like creatures with large eyes
Yep. Like babies.
And giant squid.
The issue is they have too many paws.
Only 7 legs featured in this picture
9 actually
Wait a minute
Some of those 9 are in the background/blurry, not really "featured" in the picture.
yeah, still a no from me
ah, the classic biblically accurate scanning electron micrograph
Everything looks grotesque at that scale.
That's what she..said..? 🤷
Not me /s
I look better at that scale!
Prove it.
That’s like ????prove there is no god????
God had nothing to do with spiders (:
In fact they've been absent for quite a bit, left to buy milk and uh, y'know
Coughs
They don't look sharp. That's actually pretty fascinating, the variety of claws and hooks to use for webs and such.
Spiders have toe beans, especially jumping spiders and tarantulas
No! Stop it! Bad Ickplant!