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  • Evil_Shrubbery@lemmy.ziptoScience Memes@mander.xyzSpidey Senses
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    Poor clean spiders.

    But I get what you are saying, it makes some intuitive sense.
    In my case I think I’ve (as a kid) narrowed down the technical memetic part mostly to the very centre-point where the 8 lines end, so basically my brain recognising the legs (starting from the end of the legs) & then seeing how they “end” up in one narrow place (so, relatively to spider leg size, if the sternum looking from the bottom or the end part of prosoma from the top is “too tightly together” or even too perfectly round/octagonal shaped).
    (And spiders differ very much in that regard, even the same one in relation to how well fed it is :D.)

    Why? Idk, but doesn’t feel learned.
    (It’s still there, but not the default/I have to think about it more actively.)

    That I remember (again, as a kid) I was only triggered (differently than described above) by one “too smooth” species, the poor, harmless, misjudged beneficial, cute (well, as all spiders) wasp spiders.
    I didn’t harm them but it’s a sad memory for me bcs the smol town (or the whole valley?) I grew up in basically doesn’t have them anymore. Bcs we hate flowers/biodiversity, but love grass & pesticides I guess. I should be glad they were even still around for me to experience them.

    (No pics bcs you mentioned you only like unshaven butts & legs.)


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    Oh, yeah, true - but I don’t know what species of ants it’s mimicking. Perhaps that’s just how they look too & now we are body-shaming ants for looking too spidery (‘sup, you 6-legged no-neck with that thicc ass’) :D.

    It seems like it’s Myrmarachne maxillosa, very snooty thing.

    It’s prob mimicking a puppy or something.

    Here is one desperately trying to toucha the butt of another:

    As for who they are copypastaing:

    It probably mimics the Common Spiny Ants of the genus Polyharchis.

    Yeah, these ants indeed have a dump truck:

    (And these horny spiny ants do come in way more spinier flavours, pretty metal.)


  • Omg, at least it’s alive in your pic, ty <3.

    And yes, we are hardwired for some memetics about spider-looking things, but being amazed by them, understanding them biologically, & perhaps a bit of co-living (about as close to befriending them without them being “a pet” & still independent - you know, just seeing & saying hi to Clara every day, watching the life of a begin with ups & downs) may adapt how the association network in your brainhole is used.
    (Just guessing.)