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Hummingbird plant (lemmy.world)

submitted 9 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 29 points 9 months ago (4 children)

This is species of spider that has evolved to look like an ant. They do this so they can infiltrate the ant's nests and get a free meal by just eating the ants food.

The thing is the ants blind so there was no point looking the same as they wouldn't have been able to tell anyway.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

Can't they feel the shape?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

Hmm, getting a free meal by looking like the staff...

[–] [email protected] 6 points 9 months ago

It should, however, emit some pheromone, as the ants use that to identify each other..

[–] [email protected] 21 points 9 months ago (1 children)

The spiders must feel very smug about it tho.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 months ago

Hehe, they'll never know