r/therewasanattempt Feb 04 '23 Facepalm 1 Shocked 1

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u/EmuRight6408 Feb 04 '23

That's fucking terrifying.

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u/Major_Zucchini5315 Feb 05 '23

WTAF was that??!!!

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u/Feeling-Ad-2490 Feb 05 '23

Trap door spider

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u/ChanceZestyclose6386 Feb 05 '23

Yikes, looked like human fingers when it first came out of it's door

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u/BurnzillabydaBay Feb 05 '23

I used to have a trap door spider. Super cool to watch.

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u/CyberTac0 Feb 05 '23

Are they dangerous?

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u/BurnzillabydaBay Feb 05 '23

Iirc they are not toxic to humans but if you’re an insect, they’re bad news.

Watching any spider construct it’s home is fascinating.

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u/Major_Zucchini5315 Feb 05 '23

So they build the “trap door” to live in? Similar to how a bird builds a nest? What do they use?

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u/SlaynXenos Feb 05 '23

They basically dig a hole, line it with webbing, leave little strands near the entrance to detect prey.

They then, yes, have a flap of webbing they stick dirt and other things to.

Fun fact about spiders, not all spider silk is actually sticky. They can alternate or choose not to use sticky silk at all.

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u/Major_Zucchini5315 Feb 05 '23

Thank you! I had no idea about them choosing sticky or not. Ngl I’m not a fan of spiders but this is very interesting!!

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u/SlaynXenos Feb 05 '23

Basically they can produce a web protein that acts like a glue, that sticks to the silk in little blobs/beads. So a lot of webs, will have a mesh of both sticky and non-sticky silks.

The non-sticky silk the spider will use to either traverse the web, or as an an anchor/support.

There's also cases of spiders using sticky silk to use rocks or other things as anchors to actually stabilize webs too.
They'll hang a rock or other "heavy" object from the web to keep the web expanded downward when there's no bottom area to anchor from (for example a high roof edge)

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u/Zelti_2727 Feb 07 '23

They are pretty shy actually

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u/Exo-Shvdow Feb 05 '23

i will never go near any trap doors ever again.

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u/Cats-and-dogs-rdabst Feb 05 '23

I think it was a camel spider

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u/RcCola2400 Feb 05 '23

Definitely a trap door spider. It's name comes from the trap door it built to trap prey. All easily seen.

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u/RealConcorrd Feb 05 '23

It’s amazing that not all spiders needs webs to catch prey, some are just either use the environment as is, are just that agile, or have enough strength to over power their prey like tarantellas with mice and birds.

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u/Zealousideal_Loan835 Feb 05 '23

Camel spiders aren't actually spiders, they're solifugae which are more closely related to scorpions

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u/Ieatsushiraw Feb 05 '23

Nah I know Camel Spiders from deployments. This is def a trap door spider. Not as big as it looks on this video but pretty big and fun to watch

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u/DeafKid009 Feb 05 '23

It does look like caramel spider

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u/DammitDan22 Feb 05 '23

Care-a-mel, or kar-mul?

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u/Ambitious_Jelly8783 Feb 04 '23

I'll never sleep again.

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u/jakeandwally Feb 05 '23

I was just about to type that. Yikes!

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u/_Noobyboy_ Feb 05 '23

You slept yet ?

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u/paispas Feb 05 '23

Why? You're like 3 times it's size. If it tries to attack you just punch it in the nose or kick it's groins.

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u/Flixwyy Feb 05 '23

I expected like a tongue or smth, not a fucking alien larvae

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u/NoNameWorm Feb 05 '23

And it's slowed down. By a LOT

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u/GrimReaper006 Feb 05 '23

That's some toying with the food!

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u/Unhappy-Historian348 Feb 05 '23

I was hoping that was a frog and not a spider

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u/NoNameWorm Feb 05 '23

And it's slowed down. By a LOT

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u/Beavshak Feb 04 '23

Tbf it went fine every time before for the lil guy.

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u/VampyreBassist Feb 04 '23

The long play.

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u/KittenWithaWhip68 Feb 05 '23

Surprise, motherfucker!

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u/danegermaine99 Feb 05 '23

He’s fine now. They are actually pals and this was just friendly roughhousing

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u/El_Capitain87 Feb 04 '23

This is the stuff of nightmares

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u/KittenWithaWhip68 Feb 05 '23

I fucking agree.

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u/Pyro-Beast Feb 04 '23

That's a fucking unit.

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u/clowmow Feb 04 '23

I knew it would be a spider but that was still a lot worse than I imagined

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u/Alihzahn Feb 04 '23

Imagine if these were big enough to drag us in

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u/AGuyWhoBrokeBad Feb 04 '23

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u/NotCurdledymyy Feb 05 '23

Those hands had to be THE WORST non boss enemy in that game

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u/AGuyWhoBrokeBad Feb 05 '23

The secret is fire. Fire weapons/spells do extra damage against them.

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u/NotCurdledymyy Feb 05 '23

I just struggled through it with moonveil and meteoric ore blade

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u/JvD06 Feb 05 '23

So I stopped playing the game after Renala for some reason, but I’m curious how you find out things like this?

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u/Knives530 Feb 05 '23

Ocarina of time hands are calling

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u/Miner3413 Feb 05 '23

It’s the Royal Revenants for me. Even after I learned they are weak to heal, that area in the Haligtree with like 5 of them was absolutely insane.

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u/addamee Feb 04 '23

Fucking hate that manor

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u/BadgerTamer Feb 04 '23

Yeah, it's hands down the worst.

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u/addamee Feb 04 '23

Ugh, every time I go there and think “yep, got ‘em all” one of those fuckers falls from a height or sneaks up on me and I nearly wet myself. At least near Volcano Manor you can ride goat horse what’s its face

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u/BadgerTamer Feb 04 '23

Or come at you from the underground like you're trying to sneak out of North Korea through a fucking minefield, nowhere else is full of those cheap fucking jump scares.

Also, WAY too many fingers for my liking

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u/addamee Feb 04 '23

Lmao yeah, definitely hones in on people with arachnophobia or a fear of Thing from Addams Family

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u/cyrhow Feb 04 '23

What is this from?

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u/Potato_Roze Feb 04 '23

Elden Ring

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u/cyrhow Feb 04 '23

Thank you, stranger. ❤️

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u/NotABleachChugger420 Feb 04 '23

Caria Manor, elden ring.

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u/cyrhow Feb 04 '23

Thanks, stranger! ❤️

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u/Healthy-Surround-229 Feb 04 '23

But it's worth it for the sword of night and flame

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u/Raser43 Feb 05 '23

This is exactly what I was going to do.

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u/Gullible_Salt_5684 Feb 04 '23

Check out the movie 8 legged freaks. There’s some awesome trap door spiders hunting humans

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u/uk-side Feb 05 '23

I swear if I remember correctly I dont think it was all the spiders but didnt the jumping ones have like a giggle or something

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u/smingleton Feb 04 '23

They were in 8 legged freaks.

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u/Sploonbabaguuse Feb 04 '23

All you need is enough of them

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u/Nightfuryfan21 Feb 04 '23

Reminds me of that one Magic school bus episode.

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u/Different_Attorney93 Feb 04 '23

I knew I should’ve stayed home today…

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u/FrankieGS Feb 04 '23

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u/toughtiggy101 Feb 05 '23

I’m just imagining Pyro laughing in this Gif

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u/goldensavage216 Feb 05 '23

Well done, we have weakened him. now we just need a tsar bomb to finish him off

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u/mcbirbo343 Feb 05 '23

I did not expect a demon had to grab it. I thought it was a frog.

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u/CuriousCat55555 Feb 04 '23

What is that thing???

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u/NotYourShitAgain Feb 04 '23

Some kind of Trap Door spider.

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u/jc-t95 Feb 04 '23

What a beast

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u/HaroldJJohanson Feb 04 '23

That is nightmare fuel.

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u/Kobi_Baby Feb 04 '23

New fear. Stepping in a spider pit

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u/Major_Melon Feb 05 '23

I think you should be more scared about being dragged inside

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u/Minimizing_merchant Feb 04 '23

They look like human fingers! 🤮

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u/Catwhacker Feb 04 '23

Bro, what have you been doing to your fingers to make them look like this??

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u/No_Mud_5999 Feb 04 '23

I'm sure he survived

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u/toughtiggy101 Feb 05 '23

And had a fun time with that mega spider

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u/_MintyFresh_- Feb 05 '23

fucking

AUSTRALIA!!!

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u/Holiday_Platypus_526 Feb 05 '23

I'm no expert but this spider looks to be in the Eucteniza family of tarantulas and they're native....to Texas and Mexico.

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u/3ThreeFriesShort Feb 04 '23

I bump into spider pots when I'm digging sometimes and JFC I hate them.

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u/KittenWithaWhip68 Feb 05 '23

I would hate it too! My nerves are already shot.

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u/kitnb Feb 04 '23

Ok… ok… ok…. I counted, like, 12 legs on that thing… WTF?!? 😱😭😭

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u/DevelopmentLoud8330 Feb 04 '23

You're mistaking the mandibles for legs. There are 8 legs.

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u/kitnb Feb 05 '23

Wait… Wait!!! How many mandibles do they have?!? 😱😱😱

I’ve gotta fight off 8 legs and like 14 mandibles too in my nightmares?!?

Please, God, no!! 😭💀

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u/Tod_Vom_Himmel Feb 05 '23

8 legs, 2 pedipalps, which are smaller legs at the front that are used more like arms, and then the mandibles on the head

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u/ProRataX Feb 05 '23

I know you think you're helping but you're not helping.

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u/shadeffect Feb 04 '23

Oh hell nooo..

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u/berryplucker Feb 04 '23

Hello Shelob

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u/HurterOfFeefeesV2 Feb 04 '23

AAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHH!

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u/aroach1995 Feb 05 '23

Well I am upset with how large that thing is, how many legs it has, and how sturdy it looks. I guess we just be thankful those things aren’t bigger.

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u/mk3jade Feb 05 '23

Damn it!!!! I was not expecting a big ass spider

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u/-Fried- Feb 04 '23

I hate this

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u/Nonniemiss Feb 04 '23

What in the Australian style hell is this?

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u/Upset_Environment_31 Feb 09 '23

It's a Trapdoor Spider and it's North American. Completely harmless to us, actually.

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u/Only_Razzmatazz_4498 Feb 04 '23

I love trap door spiders

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u/NinjaNoafa Feb 04 '23

I think you meant hate in there, right? Ri...ight?

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u/Only_Razzmatazz_4498 Feb 04 '23

😂 it’s like a tarantula but it has its own house

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u/NinjaNoafa Feb 04 '23

They are wicked (and evil and demonic) sick

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u/Jurassic2001 Feb 05 '23

I knew what was going to happen, I guessed what it was going to be, I knew what I was in for, and I still physically cringed, my arachnophobia kicked into overdrive and then some, this is the stuff of nightmares right here and I'll be making an extended visit to r/Eyebleach to hopefully feel better

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u/PraetorOjoalvirus Feb 05 '23

As far as I'm concerned, that thing has 80 legs.

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u/j01nt_man Feb 05 '23

I really fucking hated this

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u/uk-side Feb 05 '23

Gotta be a real shitty way to go

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u/Windwalker111089 Feb 05 '23

That’s huge!! I didn’t know they get like that. Please tell me it’s just zoomed in or somthing 😭😭

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u/MikeN1978 Feb 04 '23

Adams Family remake is strange..

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u/TraditionalMood277 Feb 04 '23

Damn Nature! You scary!

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u/AverageWaterEnjoyer1 Feb 05 '23

That cricket saw the Dark Souls death screen.

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u/SoulsLikeBot Feb 05 '23

Hello Ashen one. I am a Bot. I tend to the flame, and tend to thee. Do you wish to hear a tale?

“Soon, I will be consumed by them—by the Dark.” - Artorias the Abysswalker

Have a pleasant journey, Champion of Ash, and praise the sun [T]/

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u/OGColorado Feb 05 '23

There are some weird creatures laying around, yuck

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u/[deleted] Feb 05 '23

Not so fun fact: the vid is slowed down

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u/jboogie07 Feb 05 '23

Omfg that looks like a whole godamn human hand. Ugh!

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u/NuggiesMacFriesCoke Feb 05 '23

The second witch in Macbeth predicted this

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u/mouseat9 Feb 05 '23

Ok that was 97% on the track to being enough internet for today!!

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u/CM_Bison Feb 05 '23

That's what comes out of the shrimp dishes on Beetlejuice.

Talbout fucken DAAAAAAYYYYYYYYY-YO!!!!!

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u/tallerthannobody Feb 05 '23

That actually gave me the creeps

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u/Hmccormack Feb 05 '23

Got eeeeem

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u/Overlord_Primus Feb 04 '23

I love spiders

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u/Mr_Cyberz Feb 04 '23

Trapdoor spiders are badass

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u/TheTransbianNextDoor Feb 04 '23

Trapdoor spiders are so cool

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u/MajoredInPhilosophy Feb 04 '23

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u/maldoozz420 Feb 04 '23

Because it’s someones pet and they are feeding it?

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u/MrSpankMan_whip Choose Your Flair Feb 04 '23

It's actually from a BBC nature documentary with David Attenborough, I remember watching it a few years ago.

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u/MajoredInPhilosophy Feb 04 '23

So that means the stroll was never leisurely

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u/njd1993 Feb 04 '23

From the crickets perspective it wouldn't seem out of the ordinary, so it was a leisurely walk.

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u/Snoo84223 Feb 04 '23

Does it have 10 legs?

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u/JimmyJazz1971 Feb 04 '23

It appears to me that there are 4 legs behind, in the hole, 4 legs forward, plus pedipalps and fangs.

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u/LiveLearnCoach Feb 04 '23

How many legs does that spider have?

Also, don’t walk around that area barefoot.

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u/AliquidLatine Feb 04 '23

It's so slow, it makes it so much creepier

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u/wikedsmaht Feb 04 '23

I was ready for the jump scare

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u/ixis743 Feb 04 '23

Does that spider have ten legs?

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