hooah212002 writes:
Now, I wouldn't normally give a shit, but I had no idea spiders lived under water, so this one is intriguing.
Me neither, so I'm glad you brought it up. I had a quick look around, and you've got a lot of
Dolomedes in North America. They can go under water, but are semi-aquatic, and don't actually live there. Also, I couldn't find one that looked like yours, but they vary a lot in appearance. Some can catch fish!
Dolomedes
As I said, I'm glad you brought it up, because I found one we have here in Britain (probably the same one that's in Panda's pic.).
On
this site, click description. Then click the first video, which shows it bringing air bubbles from the surface down to a "diving bell" that it makes out of silk.
Neat! What will the intelligent designer think of next?
BTW, that's a bloody good site. Note all the other categories as well as "description," and the fact that they include references in the description. Then you get nine photos and two videos just for one little spider. It's conservation orientated.
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