100-million-year-old spider with a tail longer than its body discovered – and it may still be alive
The whole specimen in dorsal forward view. (Credit: University of Kansas) A brand name brand-new types of arachnid that appears like a spider with a tail has actually been discovered in Myanmar. The 8- legged scary crawly is approximated to have actually scuttled along the forest floorings as far back as 100 million years earlier. […]
Pelican spiders lived 165 million-years-ago and they are ‘spider assassins’
The pelican spider’s long neck and beak-like pincers offer it a nearly birdy look. Don’ t be tricked: they’re stone cold killers. Credit: Hannah Wood, Smithsonian Once upon a time, 165 million years back, there lived a spider who appeared like a pelican. About the size of a grain of rice and simply as peaceful, […]