I'll pass on the mistletoe
December 25, 2016 6:23 AM   Subscribe

Thanks to the magic of video editing, we can have a Peacock Spider Christmas (SLYT). Aw, look at all the tiny little eyes.
posted by CheeseDigestsAll (19 comments total) 23 users marked this as a favorite
 
Too cute! If you love spiders this will delight you!
posted by Katjusa Roquette at 7:06 AM on December 25, 2016


That's really good.
posted by amtho at 7:17 AM on December 25, 2016 [1 favorite]


I loved the eyes on the snow man. This was really well thought out.
posted by bonobothegreat at 7:44 AM on December 25, 2016 [2 favorites]


Previously
posted by gusandrews at 8:11 AM on December 25, 2016 [1 favorite]


Ah, glad someone posted this (otherwise I would of posted it after I got home from work)! It's my favorite Christmas video of the year.
posted by littlesq at 8:12 AM on December 25, 2016 [2 favorites]


Awwww! Shaking the teeny tiny present was just perfect.
posted by theatro at 8:15 AM on December 25, 2016 [2 favorites]


I loved this! Merry Christmas!
posted by annsunny at 9:45 AM on December 25, 2016 [1 favorite]


This is awesome thank you SO MUCH.
posted by Johnny Wallflower at 10:58 AM on December 25, 2016 [1 favorite]


I squealed and clapped like a little kid when I saw this the other night. It is the best thing!
posted by rtha at 11:02 AM on December 25, 2016 [3 favorites]


Heeeee, I love this!
posted by Eyebrows McGee at 1:37 PM on December 25, 2016


Awww....

This is the one thread where people might appreciate this photo I got yesterday of our lovely St Andrew's Cross spider having her Christmas dinner. It took her about an hour to finish up the fly, and then she spent another hour meticulously cleaning each of her legs. (And least I assume that's what she was doing. She would pass them one by one past her front antenna-ey bits like a cat licking itself clean.)
posted by lollusc at 3:56 PM on December 25, 2016 [5 favorites]


Beautiful! How large is it?
posted by Johnny Wallflower at 4:13 PM on December 25, 2016


HUGE.

Well, about 4.5cm in leg span, and about 1.5cm body. (I just went out and put a ruler next to it, and I swear it looked up at me confused, and stopped nomming on its new fly for a minute. It's repaired its web now too so it has the full cross again.)
posted by lollusc at 4:33 PM on December 25, 2016 [3 favorites]


She's gorgeous!
posted by rtha at 5:07 PM on December 25, 2016


That's a beautiful spider! What is the purpose of the thick zigzag sections?
posted by tavella at 6:42 PM on December 25, 2016 [1 favorite]


Nooobody knows…
posted by Johnny Wallflower at 8:13 PM on December 25, 2016 [1 favorite]


What is the purpose of the thick zigzag sections?

She was trying to write 'Some pig!' but hasn't got past 'z' in the alphabet yet. (She's learning it backwards).
posted by lollusc at 8:18 PM on December 25, 2016 [2 favorites]


It is claimed that E. B. White came up with the idea of a writing spider for his book Charlotte's Web after observing stabilimenta in a spider web.
If you didn't know this I'm impressed, lollusc (I'm impressed anyway, actually).
posted by jamjam at 12:04 PM on December 26, 2016 [1 favorite]


I LOVE THIS! Thank you for posting it!!
posted by Rufous-headed Towhee heehee at 5:21 PM on December 26, 2016


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