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Insane mirror spiders captured by Nicky Bay

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Welcome to our weekly roundup of cherished news bits, coming at you via the Black Phoenix Gazette. This week’s batch:

☠ The current Wonder Woman comic’s writer confirms: “Themyscira Is a Queer Culture.”

☠ Read along in awe as scientists trace society’s greatest myths back to their primordial origins. 

☠ The novelist disguised as a housewife: Shirley Jackson wrote 17 books while raising four children. 

☠ Get thee to a gallery: beginning this month, the Getty Museum presents an exhibition on the art of alchemy!

☠ A genetic study reveals that cats sailed along with the Vikings on world-conquering journeys. 

☠ Photographers have caught mirror spiders adjusting their shiny silver plates to appear extra shiny and dangerous.

☠ An ancient Greek shrine to Demeter and Persephone has been uncovered in Bulgaria.

☠ What does the word “chameleon” actually mean? A survey of all the reigning theories can be found here. 

☠ A week from Monday, William Blake’s The Book of Urizen will be presented as a live musical performance at Brooklyn’s Morbid Anatomy Museum. Enjoy a sneak peek of the work below!

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Photographer Nicky Bay Documents Mirror Spiders Adjusting their Silver Plates to Appear More Reflective

For the last several years Singapore-based photographer Nicky Bay (previously here and here) has been documenting the life of the mirror spider, an unusual arthropod whose abdomen is covered in bright reflective panels that appear almost metallic. Bay recently noticed that some of the spiders exhibit unusual behavior in addition to their shiny appearance: apparently the spiders are able manipulate the mirrors in situations where they might feel threatened. In some instances the gaps between the silver plates almost completely disappear creating a larger reflective surface.

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Don't Let These Gorgeous Spiders Fool You. They Are, In Fact, Still Spiders.

Don’t Let These Gorgeous Spiders Fool You. They Are, In Fact, Still Spiders.

If you look hard enough in the world around you, you can find some pretty outrageous stuff. Take these spiders, for instance. Either these aren’t real, or Mother Nature has gotten her hands on a Bedazzler. Typing “pretty” and “spiders” in the same sentence may feel wrong, but there’s no other way to describe these amazing arachnids. I know what you’re thinking, and I promise there isn’t any…

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Don't Let These Gorgeous Spiders Fool You. They Are, In Fact, Still Spiders.

Don’t Let These Gorgeous Spiders Fool You. They Are, In Fact, Still Spiders.

If you look hard enough in the world around you, you can find some pretty outrageous stuff. Take these spiders, for instance. Either these aren’t real, or Mother Nature has gotten her hands on a Bedazzler. Typing “pretty” and “spiders” in the same sentence may feel wrong, but there’s no other way to describe these amazing arachnids. I know what you’re thinking, and I promise there isn’t any…

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