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[–] 000999@lemmy.dbzer0.com 58 points 1 month ago (2 children)
[–] Damage@slrpnk.net 49 points 1 month ago (2 children)
[–] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 20 points 1 month ago

Good for her

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

so sad they're suffering from brosis

[–] BedSharkPal@lemmy.ca 20 points 1 month ago

My bro is merely acquiring mass

[–] TPTheWiper@feddit.org 34 points 1 month 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 month ago

what a terrible day to have eyes

[–] JohnDClay@sh.itjust.works 24 points 1 month ago (1 children)

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

[–] Venus_Ziegenfalle@feddit.org 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)

It's just a very distinct abdomen

[–] samus12345@lemm.ee 2 points 1 month ago
[–] kamenlady@lemmy.world 19 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

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

[–] swab148@lemm.ee 11 points 1 month ago

It's W̷̨̡̛̹̪̞̼̗̗͔̘̟̘̮̠͎̹̌̊̋̈́̃̄̿̑͊̑͋͐̾̽̓̒͆͂͑̒̆͌͊̔́́͑͑̆͂͋͑̾͒̈́̈́͒̽̓̀̇̄̔̽͊͌́̄͊̏̽̑̓̄̃̿̈̇̔̊̃̎͆̐̇̑̀͜͜͠͝͝͝͠ę̴̧̨̡̛̛̛̹̝͔͔̩̰͈̰͓͙̤͓̮͎̞͓̘͓̞̰̞͎̱͉͉̰̼̗̠̬̜̰̼̬̟̺̳͖̝͓̦͓̫͉̻̗̺̺̭̺̮̗͌̃̆̀̒̍͗̀̈́̉͌̑̈́̀̐̅̅̉͒̈́̑̓̋͌̀̅̉̌̎̅̈́̑̉́́̆͐̈͗̆͆́̅̒̈̌̔̂̐͆̀̊̈́͋̈́̋́̒̓̏͗̋͌̆̄̑̀̂͘̕̚͘͘͜͠͠d̵̢̢̡̨̢̧̢̢̩̞͍͕̬̲͓̥̹̮̠͉͔̤̣͔̝̖̖̝̖͚͓͓̖̖̞̦̗̯͚̻̙̰͚̳͚̖̰͙͉̟͆̇̂͒̇́͒̃̉́̃́͆͗̄̂̌͊̍͜͠͝͝n̶̢̨̛̛̛͎̙̰̼͕͈̞͙̟̮̹͊̓͌̉̽̈́̑̀̐̏̆̿͒̇̐̀́̆͗̊̾͒̑̌͒̀̈̅̇̄̆͒͌̀̓̈́͊̏̑̈́̋͒͗͒̀̇͒̏͂̔̌̋̿̿̎̈́̔́̑̚̚̕̚͘̕͠͝͝͝ͅȩ̴̡̨̡̨̧̛̻̻̭͚̝̮̠͎͙̳̲̼͇̱̲̪͔̲̻̻̮̻͍̻̜̤͚͓͎̭̠̮̠̻̻̫͖̖͎̜̣̩̫̻͙̲͉̥̘̫̘̗͓̫͚̝̺̞̼̜͕̦̹̱̭̘̱̼̠̬̜͗̿̊̇̍̔̉͋̔̐͐̉́̈́̊̈̉̔̇́̉̇̍͗̐̇͗̏̃̈̓̓̈́̄̃̀̈́̐̿̌̋̊̿̓͋͗́̾̐̔̂͛̈́̉͐̀͂͑̕͘̚͜͜͝͠ͅş̸̡̨̧̡̧̡̡̛̰̰̬̞͙̼̞̘̠̼͉̦̯͈̼͎̮̪̖̺̟̫͚̣̠̰͔̞̰̩̟̭̹͎̟̘̼̼̖̲̖̜̭͕͕́̊͌͗͂̂̀̌͗̊̆̒̈͊̈́́̀̀̔͆̈̋͘͘̕͜͜͜͝ḑ̸̢̢̡̨̨̡̭̮̗͓̗̯͔̙̖̫̙̪͇̞͔͙̖͈͎̩̼̻̰̖͍͓͙͖̙̦̗̭͈̼̝̳͇̲̻̱̯̑͛̍̅͗̀͒̎̾̈̿̏̍̑̈̒̿̽͗͆̕ͅą̸̢̧̧̢̧̡̧̛̙̘̤̱̠͉͎͇̞͔͈̭͍͚̹̤͎͇̞͓͍̣̟͉̘͙̼̰̦̟̯̮̦̮͔̙̬͔̰̮̳̖͖̦̘͆͊͒̑̅͌̽͆͌̌̇̈́̇̉͒̑̓́̓́̒̔͛́̀͒͗̓̃͗̒̀̉̽̒͊́̿̑̇̕̕̕̕͜͜͜͝͝͝ͅͅý̸̢̧̧̛̫̳̪̦̹͙͉͇̣̼͔̯͎͉̙͔͍̞͕̰̖͎̭̩͓̬̦͇͈͇̞̗̯̏͂̄͗̎̅̈̅͐̕͜͜͝ my dudes

[–] AFKBRBChocolate@lemmy.world 16 points 1 month 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 month ago (1 children)

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

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

I don't think that changes anything.

[–] fireweed@lemmy.world 13 points 1 month ago (2 children)

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

[–] ZILtoid1991@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago
[–] BellaDonna@mujico.org -5 points 1 month 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.

[–] SpaceScotsman@startrek.website 3 points 1 month ago

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

those kanji in that order are read as "kawaii"

[–] hydrashok@sh.itjust.works 13 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 month ago

It's the only way to be sure.

[–] JokeDeity@lemm.ee 6 points 1 month 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 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)
[–] JokeDeity@lemm.ee 4 points 1 month ago

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

[–] JokeDeity@lemm.ee 2 points 1 month 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 month ago (1 children)

I updated the comment. Eresidae; Gandanameno sp.

[–] JokeDeity@lemm.ee 1 points 1 month ago
[–] hopesdead@startrek.website 6 points 1 month ago

Did humans inadvertently body shame a spider?

[–] derfunkatron@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

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