Close-up of the spiders' abnormal self-defense mechanism
When the pregnant mother spider was attacked, the spider spiders abruptly escaped the fetal bag on its back at the same time.
Mathew Duncan in California, USA recorded the strange defense mechanism of spiders when capturing three adult spiders into a glass vase. One of these spiders is a female being pregnant.
Another spider seemed aggressive, aggressively approached the mother spider before jumping into it. When the clash began, the mother spider seemed to "erupt" the children out of the fetal bag on their backs , making them crawl scattered throughout the pitcher.
Although anomalous images make us think of the mother spider seemingly summoning a tiny army to protect itself, but an expert said, a simple aggressive spider might have torn the bag of the fetus. which female spiders often grow on their backs to contain the baby.
Another theory is that mother spiders give you the best chance of surviving in danger, by dropping them into the outside world. However, there are also opinions that the young spiders have "decided" , not their mother.
According to Dr. Judith Lock, a behavioral ecology expert at the University of Southampton (UK), things look like spiders jumping off their mothers' backs when they feel their mother is in danger. The expert explained, some spiders still allow their children to live on their mothers' backs as children, to give them a better chance of avoiding being eaten.
Meanwhile, an invertebrate animal care specialist at the Bristol Zoo (UK) said, if the mother spider uses "eruption" from the back as a way to chase the attacker, this could is one of the most unusual natural defense mechanisms .
Other remarkable defense mechanisms include how the frogs break their bones when in danger, letting them stick out outside the skin and act as claws; how Iberia striped newts push its ribs through the skin before secrete toxins through holes formed on the skin; or how Malaysian ants use toxins that are capable of exploding, shooting dangerous liquids into enemies when they are threatened.
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