NOOO! TOO HOT!


I released this wolf spider onto a rock, and moved to take a picture. I immediately noticed that she was incredibly still and obliging, and got one quick photo before I noticed the problem — that rock was in full sunlight and was hot enough to melt lead, I think. She was in total shock. I immediately flicked her into a nearby patch of dirt, with shade, and she recovered, but another minute and she would have been baked. So this is the only photo you’re going to see of that spider.

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