A mother who sacrifices herself: the video of a spider carrying dozens of offspring

A shared video on Facebook was quickly viral because of the curious charge that the spider was carrying on its back, its dozens of babies that she was carrying everywhere. And is it in nature, most mothers leave the fate of their offspring to fate, but some types of arachnids take them out until they can fend for themselves.

A woman shared this video on the social network and reactionary users surprised among the arachnophobes and those who it was touching the gesture of the spider mother to take care of her babies all the time, what he actually does instinctively.

This type of spider is called Amblypygi, also known as Aaraña Whip Americana or scorpion spider for its frontal tweezers.

This arachnid has been on the surface of the Earth for over 300 million years and since then its appearance has changed little.. Now they are a little smaller than their predecessors, but big enough to arouse curiosity. His body is usually about 5 cm and his legs about 20 cm.

The two most developed legs are called pedipalpes. They can reach 30 cm long.They are also found in a kind of clamp. These weapons use them to catch prey, usually smaller insects, lizards and toads.

Despite its appearance quite similar to that of scorpions (in fact, it is also known as a scorpion spider), it is not necessary to worry about its danger. This species is practically harmless to humans and lacks glands that can secrete venom.

Wolf spiders are also good mothers

Another type of spider is often filmed with his cubs, it's the wolf spider, his scientific name is Lycosidae., and it is a great family of arachnids, included in the sub-order of the araneomorphs.

The name of the wolf spider is due to its particular hunting methods and physical appearance, as they usually persecute their prey to hunt them (they do not make spider webs), and have a brown color on their hairy body, usually covered with small black, gray and orange lines, which gives an excellent camouflage to blend in with the environment.

Some species dig burrows in the ground about 25 cm deep, while others is commonly found in windows, garages and basements of North American homesespecially when the winter is getting worse.

We also know that wolf spiders are even able to run short distances on the water, a technique they frequently use to flee their predators.

When they lay their eggs, they create a kind of silk that they will wrap in a protective sphere that the female will place on her abdomen. and take it with it until the eggs hatch.

Once the newborns are born, they will climb to the back of their mother and stay there for a while. until the mother's fat reserves are exhausted or until she can live alone.

As for its sting, it is known that the skin ulceration caused in humans is actually due to the action of the bacteria that infects the wound. Usually the venom of the wolf spider is not deadlyand the most common symptoms of your bite are burning, itching, and moderate pain.