Saw this on the BBC Earth News:
There is a species of spider that builds models of itself, which it uses as decoys to distract predators.Sometimes real life is better than our imagination. I was going to write up my homage to Cyclosa mulmeinensis for Swords & Wizardry, but after looking, I think it would pretty much be the Giant Spider 4ft radius. Maybe that's why it gets surprise 5 in 6, because characters are busy hacking away on it's webby decoy.
Very cool!
ReplyDeleteIsn't it? Makes me think I should go surfing wikipedia for monster ideas.
ReplyDeleteWow. I've never heard of such a thing.
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