stackyFACTSThe beautiful musician playing the lute is actually an enormous arachnid looking for dinner.
The beautiful musician playing the lute is actually an enormous arachnid looking for dinner. In classical Japanese legend, a spider that survives for four centuries gains the ability to transform into an attractive woman. She lures unsuspecting men to her remote shack with beautiful music, only to rapidly wrap them in sticky silk. It completely validates the irrational fear of spiders by proving they are just patiently waiting to evolve into devious musicians.
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