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Pelican Spider tiny predator

If a spider could look like it wandered off a sci-fi set, the Pelican Spider is the one. That stretched neck of a head and those drawn-out jaws aren't for show either. This is a spider that hunts other spiders, and it does it by stalking them down rather than spinning a web and waiting. The long jaws matter in a practical way: they let it keep a dangerous victim at a distance from its own body while it closes in. Real species, strange as the whole thing seems. So if you spotted one in your garden, would fascination win or would terror?

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Anderson Joshua@anderson_joshua

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Pelican Spider tiny predator

If a spider could look like it wandered off a sci-fi set, the Pelican Spider is the one. That stretched neck of a head and those drawn-out jaws aren't for show either. This is a spider that hunts other spiders, and it does it by stalking them down rather than spinning a web and waiting. The long jaws matter in a practical way: they let it keep a dangerous victim at a distance from its own body while it closes in. Real species, strange as the whole thing seems. So if you spotted one in your garden, would fascination win or would terror?

1h