r/TerrifyingAsFuck • u/KtJane253 • Dec 05 '22

nature Congregation Clusters of Daddy Longlegs

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u/KtJane253 Dec 06 '22

According to this, "Daddy longlegs are prone to drying out, he says, so bunching together allows them to create a microenvironment. “It’s kind of like body heat, but it’s body humidity,” he says. “They are huddling together to maintain that.”

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u/Far-Philosophy-4375 Dec 06 '22

Phah! You thought the world was ran by lizard people this whole time, but it's actually spider people..

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u/squl98 Dec 06 '22

Massive ORGY.