African Cave Spiders, Anyone?

African Cave Spiders, Anyone?

Whoa… it's dreadful, it's crawly, it would seem that a substantial, squashed scorpion with some daddy-long-legs stuck onto it! It's really an African Cave Spider, authoritatively called a tailless whip scorpion (Damon variegatus), and it's impeccably safe. How novel… a dreadful little animal at Zoonversity that doesn't nibble, squeeze, or sting — our jerk phobic zookeepers are extremely appreciative. 

Not at all like different 8-legged creature, for example, genuine creepy crawlies and scorpions, these folks have just six legs. Their other two legs have been altered into long sensors — to help them feel their way around tree rind, under logs, and oblivious caverns of Eastern Africa. These nighttime 8-legged creature eat super modest creepy crawlies, utilizing their pincher-like pedipalps to push their bugs into their devastating jaws. 

Despite the fact that they are safe to people, these animals have been greatly censured in cutting edge media. Case in point, in the motion picture Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, they are depicted as "deadly" by Mad-eye Moody, who torments the creature with a condemnation until Hermione implores him to stop. What's more, in the TV show Fear Factor, candidates were compelled to eat these animals, demonstrating that people are significantly more hazardous to the cavern arachnid than they are to us. 

A kindred natural life teacher was sufficiently caring to share a surplus cluster of these monstrous folks with us, so make sure to welcome one of these shocking colleagues to your next occasion. We should check whether trepidation is an element for you! Furthermore, we guarantee we won't make you eat it.

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