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02-13-2019, 01:35 PM
Scientists discover bizarre tarantula with a soft HORN protruding from the back of its head
https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2019/02/12/23/9743540-6697479-image-a-4_1550012848079.jpg
A new species of tarantula discovered in Angola is quite unlike anything scientists have seen before.
The unusual creature boasts a long, backward-facing horn that juts from its head – and, unlike other so-called unicorn spiders, the Angola species’ protuberance is completely soft.
Researchers say the new tarantula belongs to a group known as the horned baboon spiders, though the purpose of its strange horn is so far still a mystery.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-6697479/Scientists-discover-bizarre-tarantula-soft-HORN-protruding-head.html
https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2019/02/12/23/9743540-6697479-image-a-4_1550012848079.jpg
A new species of tarantula discovered in Angola is quite unlike anything scientists have seen before.
The unusual creature boasts a long, backward-facing horn that juts from its head – and, unlike other so-called unicorn spiders, the Angola species’ protuberance is completely soft.
Researchers say the new tarantula belongs to a group known as the horned baboon spiders, though the purpose of its strange horn is so far still a mystery.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-6697479/Scientists-discover-bizarre-tarantula-soft-HORN-protruding-head.html