Anonymous asked:
aaaaaaa im so glad to hear that tarantulas can swim!!! For context I love both tarantulas and animal crossing so the first time I saw one fall in water I was just like "Noooooooooo baby :((((("
bunjywunjy answered:
it’s not really swimming so much as it is ‘using the hairs on its legs to walk on the surface of the water by abusing surface tension physics’ but you know what, close enough.
bunjywunjy
bunjywunjy
all I’m saying here is that if you encounter one in a swimming hole it would technically be more accurate to scream ‘help, this tarantula is water skiing towards me really slowly!’ than ‘help, this tarantula is swimming right at me!’ but honestly who’s going to split hairs at that point
