• Moegle@feddit.uk
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    1 year ago

    Jumping spiders have two large eyes, proportionately chunky bodies, and short, thick legs, making them the spiders that most resemble mammals. We’re pretty keen on mammals as a species, so it would make sense that a spider with mammal-like traits is less scary/creepy/“other” to us.