Spider Discovered That Builds Its Own Spider Decoys 119
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OakDragon writes "A newly discovered species of spider — apparently of the genus Cyclosa — has been discovered in the Peruvian Amazon. The spider builds an elaborate decoy out of web, twigs, and other scraps, which appears to be a much larger spider. The spider will even cause the decoy to move, marionette-style, by shaking the web."
Re:It can count... (Score:5, Funny)
as the saying goes now... (Score:2, Funny)
Damn nature you scary!
Holoduke (Score:5, Funny)
Someone should check if the spiders were doing this before 1996, because I bet they stole the idea from Duke 3D.
That's fuckin' awesome! (Score:5, Funny)
*builds giant man in garden out of wicker*
Re:It can count... (Score:5, Funny)
Of course the spider can't count. It's just that the spiders who made 6 and 7 legged decoys got eaten by the birds that could count.
Re:It can count... (Score:5, Funny)
That Anansi, such a tricksy one! (Score:4, Funny)
Re:That's fuckin' awesome! (Score:4, Funny)
"No, that's not our neighbor, that's got three legs."
"He must be compensating."