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Don't know what's up but I caught three of these guys in my basement in as many days, all male.   They're nice and placid until the jar gets too close, at which point they leap inside and run crazy circles around the bottom for a couple seconds before settling down.
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Sep 29, 2022 20:33
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BonHair posted:How are you determining sex on spiders? That sounds like something my spider removal person (wife) would get really annoyed about me pointing out before she rescues me. (I like spiders as long as I'm not touching them and they're not above where I sleep) See those boxing glove things on his palps, to either side of his face? That's his junk. Also his butt's less chonky thanks to not having egg hardware.
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Sep 29, 2022 22:11
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McGavin posted:... and the overall size (females tend to be larger or more robust). In some spiders, like black widows, this difference is seriously dramatic.  Widows where I live don't have back markings, just the belly, so the males are practically unrecognizable. I've never managed to get a picture of any local widows because sixteen years is apparently not enough time for me to internalize that I have a camera on me at all times. "Boy that's so cool, wish I could show it to friends. Oh well."
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Sep 29, 2022 22:52
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PainterofCrap posted:The bad news: a possum expired on the street in front of my house last Tuesday. There's some that hang out near a shopping center I regularly go by and yeah, this. They like to perch on top of stop signs and watch cars go by. It's disconcerting.
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Oh no not on-topic content myyyyy weeeaknessssss
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Captain Invictus posted:Yeah it wouldn't surprise me if that's mostly feathery fluff rather than body, but still, they really do look like dinosaurs out there. Not very responsive to gobbling, bunch of funless jerks Sounds like you need to work on your accent
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Jan 31, 2023 02:46
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Yeah, any time you see a funny picture of, like, a line of roads on a snake, those are male toads trying to gently caress the snake. They are not clever creatures.
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May 8, 2023 02:40
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Slugworth posted:I honestly wouldn't have guessed stick insects were present in the US, so seeing one on my way into work was pretty surprising. I thought the same thing when I found one on my front door, then I thought "oh yeah, camouflage."
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Jul 9, 2023 03:21
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Had to move this little idiot off my car. Just because it's orange doesn't make it a flower!
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Aug 4, 2023 14:43
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Alterian posted:... Oh hay I found one of those too, right next to my front steps. 
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Aug 7, 2023 02:21
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Silver Falcon posted:Pit vipers are a thing. The term refers to a larger group of venomous snakes that have heat sensing "pits" near their nostrils. Essentially they have heat vision. It's badass as gently caress. Also cottonmouths. Basically, all the venomous snakes in the US that aren't red.
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Sep 9, 2023 18:51
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McGavin posted:They're wild. A unique hunting behavior and the best night vision of any animal because they regrow special cells in their eyes every night. If the thread would forgive one not-my-picture, I feel their hunting method must be seen:  They cast nets!
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Feb 18, 2024 16:15
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Bula Vinaka posted:They like to use animal fur, even from animals that predate on them. Ornithologists originally thought they pulled it from dead predator carcasses, but they were wrong. Growing up, I noticed this about some bird nests in my neighborhood. Specifically, there were nests featuring hair the color of my dog, the fluffiest on the street.
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Captain Hygiene posted:It's very cute, but I'm confused as to how you came within visual distance of parental Canada Geese without them going apeshit and attempting to destroy every human in sight I think the ones that give up on migrating and just live somewhere temperate year-round turn more chill.
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