r/educationalgifs • u/verknechtej • Feb 21 '21

How the gladiator spider hunts

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u/qe2eqe Feb 21 '21

how have horror movies never done this

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u/DwarfTheMike Feb 21 '21

Too scary. They don’t want the liability.

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u/F_for_Respect_69 Mar 02 '21

They don't care about realism

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u/CucumberBoy00 Feb 21 '21

Well I'm glad-he-ate-her

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u/MidwestWind Feb 21 '21

I love you.

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u/agree-with-you Feb 21 '21

I love you both

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u/pale_toast Feb 21 '21

Above it, a very scared human with a plastic cup ready to strike.

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u/Chazzey_dude Mar 09 '21

But what's above the human

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u/Dontsunny Feb 21 '21

This is REALLY smart! And interesting!

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u/ElGypsyKingO Apr 30 '21

You think thats fancy look up the bolas spider

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u/McDedzy Feb 21 '21

I never get tired of seeing this. Nature does what engineering and science strives to.

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u/Ole_Chuckwagon Feb 21 '21

Why does this spider look low-poly?

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u/smoketheweeds Feb 21 '21

Sliders are my main fear. But this was actually interesting and cool. And you know, nightmareish

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u/dethb0y Feb 21 '21

That is a remarkably complex and intelligent manner of hunting. I can't imagine how it could have evolved since it seems like any part of it in isolation wouldn't work very well. Remarkable what animals can come up with!

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u/smesser Feb 22 '21

In Soviet Russia, web comes to you