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This giant spider actually exists

Giant green-bellied huntsman (Typostola barbata). Image credit: courtesy Caitlin Henderson

The giant green-bellied huntsman (Typostola barbata) wears yellow eyeshadow, has pins to die for, and births hundreds of fluorescent mini-mes.

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