Strange Creatures Seen Riding Giant Sea Spiders in The Midnight Ocean

Strange Creatures Seen Riding Giant Sea Spiders in The Midnight Ocean

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Giant Sea Spiders That Glow in the Dark

Is that headline from an item label in the Halloween section of your local store, or from a description of your worst nightmare? Neither, it's a scientific study of real spiders in the real world. However, species like Colossendeis tasmanica (shown) and others live in the deep depths of the Eastern Australian Abyss, up to 16,000 feet below sea level. They're pretty big, too, with 25 centimeter (nine inch) legs.   Marine biologist Jérôme Mallefet…