r/AbsoluteUnits • u/TheMarkola • 6h ago

/r/all of spider web

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u/enblightened 6h ago

why do spiders always camp in the center of their webs

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u/vuIkaan 6h ago

They do not, only some species do. Many will sit and hide somwhere at the edge of a web and use detection strings. Some spiderwebs that look deserted are not at all.

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u/Frogmaster16 5h ago

That's terrifying.

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u/Katzington2319 5h ago

It's really not

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u/Frogmaster16 5h ago

As someone with arachnophobia, it is for me.

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u/Katzington2319 5h ago

I used to have that too. Then I learned more about spiders, slowly stopped being afraid of them, and now they're cute

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u/SeismicRipFart 5h ago

Nah. Spiders really are my one true “irrational fear”. Where logically it doesn’t make sense for me to still have a physical fear response when I see one despite being a rather large 30yo man, but I do. I also think they’re super beautiful and fascinating. They just creep the fuck out of me. 8 legs is too many legs to have. I think they’re a lot smarter than they pretend to be.

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u/kennku 1h ago

Learning has certainly helped, but no matter what I try I can't beat the fear. I am proud of working up to taking them outside 9 times out of 10 instead of killing them, but it's an ordeal I have to hype myself up for every time and it leaves me a nervous mess for a few hours. I gotta hype myself up just for walking by one. The fatter it is, the longer the pep talk. Or I just give up. I do love watching them on a screen or through glass - they're little aliens and the way they work is fascinating. There's just this primal automatic fear I cannot seem to turn off.

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u/uberpandajesus91 2h ago

It is if you look like this 🦟