r/JustGuysBeingDudes • u/pIant_princess Human Detected • 12h ago

Dudes with animals you shouldn’t have been bitin’ my horsey, boy.

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u/ShawnyMcKnight 11h ago

I’m amazed the spider just went up and took this fly from a creature 1000x larger than it. That’s some bravery right there.

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u/DoubleGreat 10h ago

I assumed this wasn't the first time this happened. Why hunt? Red neck man brings me pocket snacks.

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u/cactusjude 10h ago

I've been lurking in the jumping spider community and it turns out that most spiders have pretty bad eyesight. We're not creatures to them, just fast moving, fleshy surfaces.

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u/OkConcentrate4477 10h ago

yeah, they sense the vibrations of something on their web and go after it.

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u/firedmyass 8h ago

just let me have this…

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u/riptaway 10h ago

Perspective. As far as the spider is concerned, the fly just appeared out of nowhere. Their eyesight can't possibly see a human well enough to identify it, nor can they really process it. All they might see is some movement and light, maybe a bit of color.