From: scotus09@NShotmail.com
Newsgroups: alt.binaries.pictures.animals
Subject: Scans - tarantula.jpg(1/1) 99446 bytes
Date: Tue, 23 Jan 2001 04:48:35 -0000


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From: Sericinus hunter
Newsgroups: alt.binaries.pictures.animals
Subject: Re: Scans - tarantula.jpg(1/1) 99446 bytes
Date: Tue, 23 Jan 2001 21:25:20 GMT

Arch wrote:
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> Something very confusing here. I count ten legs, spiders have only eight. Is
> this a pic of a real spider?

The foremost paired formation which looks pretty much like legs
are in fact not. Those are called pedipalpae and are a distinctive
feature for all Arachnidae (spiders, scorpions, solipuga, ticks).
They serve tactile function and also used by some male species
to deliver sperm to the female during mating.

Andrei