In the jungles of Peru and the Philippines, some of the smallest spiders on Earth are building monsters. Each web they spin hides a puppet—crafted from dead insects, leaves, and silk—that looks uncannily like a much larger spider. When predators move in, it’s showtime.
Jumping spiders put in so much work, just to have it all torn down by “corpse puppet” spiders.
One is the class clown, the other is the kid who knows the names of all your bones.
wow, thats so cool!
In the jungles of Peru and the Philippines
These species are very far apart geographically. Is this a case of convergent evolution or did this behavior evolve back when those 2 countries would be close to each other?
They’re pretty small, so migration isn’t out of the question.
The spiders ancestors wove corpse canoes to get from Polynesia to Peru
With little corpse oars and little corpse sails?
I don’t believe those countries were ever geographically close.
Oh sure, but when I do it I’m a “menace to society.” 🙄
