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Spiders reportedly build oversized versions of themselves from debris in the Philippines and Amazon

A post says no one knows why spiders roughly 11,000 miles apart make these decoys.

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A post shares a photo credited to Lary Reeves of what it describes as a debris effigy built by a spider in the Philippines to resemble a huge version of itself. It says a spider in the Amazon does the same, roughly 11,000 miles away, and that no one knows why.

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184 likes14 comments13 saves16 reposts

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@sciencegirlThis isn’t a spider, but an effigy that a spider has built out of debris to represent a huge version of itself No body knows why this spider in the Philippines sculpts a decoy or how 11000 miles away in the Amazon, another spider does the same 📸 Lary Reeves (BiodiversiLary)1h
@teadmisiScientists still aren't certain why they do it. The leading theory is that the fake spider is a decoy to confuse or deter predators. In Peru and the Philippines, researchers found Cyclosa spiders deliberately arranging silk and debris into a much larger spider-like shape. So two populations separated by thousands of miles appear to have arrived at a remarkably similar survival strategy independently.1h
@thescienceboy_This isn’t a spider, but an effigy that a spider has built out of debris to represent a huge version of itself No body knows why this spider in the Philippines sculpts a decoy or how 11000 miles away in the Amazon, another spider does the same 📸 Lary Reeves (BiodiversiLary)9m
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    @sciencegirlThis isn’t a spider, but an effigy that a spider has built out of debris to represent a huge version of itself No body knows why this spider in the Philippines sculpts a decoy or how 11000 miles away in the Amazon, another spider does the same 📸 Lary Reeves (BiodiversiLary)1h
    @teadmisiScientists still aren't certain why they do it. The leading theory is that the fake spider is a decoy to confuse or deter predators. In Peru and the Philippines, researchers found Cyclosa spiders deliberately arranging silk and debris into a much larger spider-like shape. So two populations separated by thousands of miles appear to have arrived at a remarkably similar survival strategy independently.1h
    @thescienceboy_This isn’t a spider, but an effigy that a spider has built out of debris to represent a huge version of itself No body knows why this spider in the Philippines sculpts a decoy or how 11000 miles away in the Amazon, another spider does the same 📸 Lary Reeves (BiodiversiLary)9m
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