New fossil spiders with 'glowing' eyes found

[Still Waters]

IF YOU COULD time-travel to Korea 110 million years ago, you'd see an eerie spectacle if you walked out at night with a flashlight: Each sweep of your beam would make the landscape sparkle as innumerable spider eyes glinted in the dark.

In a new study in the Journal of Systematic Paleontology, a team led by Korea Polar Research Institute paleontologist Tae-Yoon Park unveils ten fossils of tiny spiders, each less than an inch wide. The remains contain two new species and a first for paleontology: a spider's version of night-vision goggles.

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/2019/01/new-fossil-spiders-with-glowing-eyes-found-south-korea/

[Imaginarynumber1]

Neat

[lolaivanna]

interesting read

[Vorg]

Amazing longevity.

[TripGun]

Waiting us out.

[MissJatti]

The devil's Spider

[Jon the frog]

Wow, they are finding more and more incredible specimen these last few years !