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I sure don’t need to remind you of that Murder Hornets Saga of 2020, but you should know that 2021 tries to top which presented us (or at least Texas) with the appearance of a type of arachnid that some people affectionately refer to as “acid-spitting ‘country lobsters” … well, apart from the whole acid thing.
As Big Bend National Park declared:
Summer rains bring vinegar honey from their caves in search of food and love. Vinegars are about 3 inches long and relatively benign unless you annoy them. They can pinch their heavy mouthparts (pedipalps) and shoot a targeted spray of 85% acetic acid (vinegar) from the base of their “whip” for protection.
Anyway, these funky guys got me thinking about a subreddit that I particularly like called Animals that I didn’t know existed. This is where Redditors post all sorts of weird, creepy, and otherwise amazing creatures that we definitely didn’t know existed. Let’s check out a few, okay?
