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These Tiny Spiders Build Giant 'Puppet' Decoys From Disembodied Prey (www.vice.com)

submitted 4 days ago by Icytrees@sh.itjust.works to c/wildfeed@sh.itjust.works

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In the jungles of Peru and the Philippines, some of the smallest spiders on Earth are building monsters. Each web they spin hides a puppet—crafted from dead insects, leaves, and silk—that looks uncannily like a much larger spider. When predators move in, it’s showtime.

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[–] ekZepp@lemmy.world 4 points 3 days ago

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[–] RizzRustbolt@lemmy.world 5 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Jumping spiders put in so much work, just to have it all torn down by "corpse puppet" spiders.

[–] Icytrees@sh.itjust.works 3 points 3 days ago

One is the class clown, the other is the kid who knows the names of all your bones.

[–] slowmorella@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 4 days ago

wow, thats so cool!

[–] chickenf622@sh.itjust.works 4 points 4 days ago (2 children)

In the jungles of Peru and the Philippines

These species are very far apart geographically. Is this a case of convergent evolution or did this behavior evolve back when those 2 countries would be close to each other?

[–] RizzRustbolt@lemmy.world 4 points 3 days ago (1 children)

They're pretty small, so migration isn't out of the question.

[–] SlartyBartFast@sh.itjust.works 5 points 3 days ago (1 children)

The spiders ancestors wove corpse canoes to get from Polynesia to Peru

[–] RizzRustbolt@lemmy.world 4 points 3 days ago

With little corpse oars and little corpse sails?

[–] Icytrees@sh.itjust.works 5 points 4 days ago

I don't believe those countries were ever geographically close.

[–] gigastasio@sh.itjust.works 4 points 4 days ago

Oh sure, but when I do it I’m a “menace to society.” 🙄