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[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 hours ago

There are some species that can "self-fertilized". I don't know about tarantula, but we have observed a race of shark, where a population of only female was able to have newborn (without changing sex like snails)

[–] [email protected] 41 points 18 hours ago (3 children)

Spider Jesus? That's gonna be one funky cross

[–] [email protected] 7 points 15 hours ago

Star of David.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 15 hours ago

The 5-dimensional cross

[–] [email protected] 6 points 17 hours ago

And one for you, and one for you, and one for you - hey, anybody got anymore wood?

[–] [email protected] 56 points 23 hours ago

It sounds rather more like the first one... for spiders.

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 17 hours ago

At first I thought the OP was asking how they could fertilize the eggs, lol

[–] [email protected] 19 points 23 hours ago

At first I didn’t think it could get more disturbing.

Then it did.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

But God is a beetle, isn't he?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 21 hours ago

No...

...

...t anymore. :-)

[–] [email protected] 10 points 23 hours ago

I for one welcome our new spider overlords.