r/funny • u/twostripeduck • Aug 20 '21

Spider be gettin' down with it.

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u/Wooshio Aug 21 '21 edited Aug 21 '21

That makes a lot more sense. Evolution wise it really wouldn't make sense for spiders to develop physical intimidation skills to scare off large animals, it just wouldn't be effective. Ironically they scare most people anyway, but that's a different story.

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u/[deleted] Aug 21 '21

Depends on the spiders. Tarantulas among others can and will rear up and attempt to threaten, well, threats if they can't get away.

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u/Wooshio Aug 21 '21

Sure, but that's only a last resort desperation move if they are cornered. They will never see a human or any other larger animal and try to scare it off from approaching is what I mean, like for example a goose will. It's not a survival skill they've developed because it would just get them killed most of the time.

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u/cilestiogrey Aug 21 '21

Again, depends on the spider. Not coincidentally, the assholes who readily rear up against larger animals tend to be pretty powerfully venomous. As far as I know. But I do know that it's an instinctive trait for some spiders to shoot first, because they can

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u/[deleted] Aug 21 '21

That is correct. Some spiders really are just ready to mess up anything they deem deserving of it!