So, where do I get that in a butt pocket patch for my jeans?
cksays
So, is that where the idea for luchador masks came from?
Suidosays
@Cervantes #8
Thank you. That piece of brilliance needed to be in my life.
jim1138says
Could you imagine humans like this? The men would be hanging it out of car windows and everywhere else one could imagine. Q: What comes out of a Xerox machine when you sit on it? A: A paper moon.
jamiejagsays
Probably an ignorant question here, but can this spider (or any other for that matter) actually see it’s own backside or is it all just wishful thinking?
Trebuchetsays
It’s evolution. The ones with the best butt decorations attract the lady spiders and get to reproduce. The others get eaten instead.
kaydensays
Now that’s a gorgeous tarantula! What bright colors.
jim1138says
@jamiejag #24. Yes. just after its mate bites his head off and… Oh, wait. That’s a black widow. Don’t know.
Ichthyicsays
Probably an ignorant question here, but can this spider (or any other for that matter) actually see it’s own backside or is it all just wishful thinking?
see it? yes. They have 360 degree vision.
but I suspect you mean something more by that question that just whether they can visually perceive it.
in the end though, it wouldn’t matter if they could not see it, as they aren’t the ones doing the selecting on it.
Ichthyicsays
btw, that looks like a member of Salticidae, not Theraphosidae.
jumping spiders do a lot of interesting things.
they are quite trainable and are often used in behavioral experiments because of that.
richardelguru says
I dunnow: that’s put me off dating for like!
richardelguru says
for life…life
put me off dating for life!
busterggi says
Oh I dunno, Seems medium happy at least, I can overlook the unibrow.
throwaway says
It’s the Pringles crisps chap.
marcus says
“The keys to a successful date are garish butt decorations ”
So I’m good then! Yay!
theophontes (恶六六六缓步动物) says
[picture]
Has just lobbed virgin into volcano?
Trebuchet says
I somehow want a mask of that. The whole thing, not just the face!
Interesting, though, that it’s basically standing on its face to display the face on its butt!
cervantes says
Who was it who wrote:
When I throw rocks at seabirds,
I leave no tern unstoned.
When I portray baboons,
I leave no stern untoned.
(I don’t think it was Ogden Nash.)
Marcus Ranum says
Remember 80s parachute pants?
ledasmom says
It’s the most terrifying, while somehow also being the cutest, plush toilet-lid cover ever.
steve oberski says
I never want to meet what ever thing that spider is mimicking.
Jafafa Hots says
How is nobody making a plush toy of this?
Trebuchet says
I especially like the shiny teal beads near the bottom.
What? Eyes? EYES??!!!!
KILL IT WITH FIRE!
Crimson Clupeidae says
…it works for baboons.
twas brillig (stevem) says
The keys to a successful date are garish butt decorations
Is that you, in the photo, Lady Gaga?
Akira MacKenzie says
I doubt there is enough decoration on Earth that would make my huge, flabby, cottage-cheese ass look attractive.
Lucky arachnid! :(
bortedwards says
Marcus @ #9, you pretty much nailed it with the 80s parachute pants:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xYIUFEQeh3g
for those looking for something more serious:
http://www.abc.net.au/catalyst/stories/3160792.htm
hexidecima says
so this the spider that bit Peter Parker?
Al Dente says
busterggi @3
No, looks moody and blue.
F [i'm not here, i'm gone] says
So, where do I get that in a butt pocket patch for my jeans?
ck says
So, is that where the idea for luchador masks came from?
Suido says
@Cervantes #8
Thank you. That piece of brilliance needed to be in my life.
jim1138 says
Could you imagine humans like this? The men would be hanging it out of car windows and everywhere else one could imagine. Q: What comes out of a Xerox machine when you sit on it? A: A paper moon.
jamiejag says
Probably an ignorant question here, but can this spider (or any other for that matter) actually see it’s own backside or is it all just wishful thinking?
Trebuchet says
It’s evolution. The ones with the best butt decorations attract the lady spiders and get to reproduce. The others get eaten instead.
kayden says
Now that’s a gorgeous tarantula! What bright colors.
jim1138 says
@jamiejag #24. Yes. just after its mate bites his head off and… Oh, wait. That’s a black widow. Don’t know.
Ichthyic says
see it? yes. They have 360 degree vision.
but I suspect you mean something more by that question that just whether they can visually perceive it.
in the end though, it wouldn’t matter if they could not see it, as they aren’t the ones doing the selecting on it.
Ichthyic says
btw, that looks like a member of Salticidae, not Theraphosidae.
jumping spiders do a lot of interesting things.
they are quite trainable and are often used in behavioral experiments because of that.