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[-] Hjalamanger@feddit.nu 13 points 2 weeks ago

Can they actually bite using those things or are there just there to look scary?

[-] Barx@hexbear.net 6 points 2 weeks ago

The lower left is a toe biter water bug with one of the most painful venoms on the planet

[-] Hjalamanger@feddit.nu 4 points 2 weeks ago

I'm getting very mixed answers here (someone else said that's it's legs

[-] TheMetaleek@sh.itjust.works 6 points 2 weeks ago

They are its legs, however they are heavily modified legs made for strongly grappling prey

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