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20 December 2012

Tiny Amazonian spider builds larger, decoy spider to distract predators.

post by: BoringPostcards at: 12:14 | 13 comments

This is the best story I have seen this week.

posted by initapplette 20 December | 13:07

Mind blown! But what if the little spider is a decoy too, and there's an even tinier one pulling the strings from the corner...

posted by TheophileEscargot 20 December | 14:26

That is amazing!

posted by youngergirl44 20 December | 15:05

Crazy

posted by Doohickie 20 December | 15:45

Wow.

posted by Senyar 20 December | 15:55

But what if the little spider is a decoy too, and there's an even tinier one pulling the strings from the corner...

It's spiders all the way down!

posted by BoringPostcards 20 December | 16:13

When they start making decoy beer bottles, we're doomed.

posted by MonkeyButter 20 December | 16:20

As if spiders weren't already creepy enough. We can't let them talk to squids. Okay? They do that and we're totally fucked.

posted by deborah 20 December | 17:16

Or owls... And monkeys...

posted by youngergirl44 20 December | 17:35

Hey, youngergirl, deborah ...

≡ Click to see image ≡

posted by Senyar 20 December | 18:14

NO WHY?!!!!?!??

posted by youngergirl44 20 December | 18:26

This is goddamn awesome. Every single bit of it. Thanks, BoPo.

posted by ufez 20 December | 20:57

So much wonderful here.

posted by arse_hat 20 December | 22:41

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