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The extraordinary life and death of the world's oldest known spider
Retweeted by David Fahrenthold: https://twitter.com/Fahrenthold
This must be the most beautiful and poignant spider obituary ever written.
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The extraordinary life and death of the world's oldest known spider (Original Post)
mahatmakanejeeves
May 2018
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denbot
(9,894 posts)1. Nice story.
Good bye #16, ya done good.
MontanaMama
(23,239 posts)2. This was a touching story.
And Im no fan of spiders...I respect them too much to squash them but they scare the daylights out of me.
RIP 16!
yonder
(9,631 posts)3. Thanks,
It's funny how after today's Iran news, 16's obituary somehow offers up hope. Maybe not for us human beans, but life in general.
MuseRider
(34,060 posts)4. Wow!
Thanks for this story. Amazing and wonderful.