Guy Picks Up Furball-Like Animal To Find It Scatters Into Hundreds Of Spiders

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I think all spider-haters would agree theres probably nothing worse than finding what appears to be a little furball, only to discover its actually hundreds of daddy long legs.

Its the kind of things nightmares are made of, amirite?

A horrifying clip has emerged of a man reaching for what looks like said furball that had gathered in the corner of a wall.

However, when the man, believed to be in Texas, picks up the furball, it quickly disintegrates in his hands, as hundreds of daddy long legs spiders crawl away.

He scoops up the cluster of arachnids and brings it closer to the camera, which reveals the creatures crawling away in what looks like pieces of fluff or dust.

The spiders are clearly disturbed by the mans hands, prompting them to run in all different directions, leaving just a few straggler spiders remaining in his hands.

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To be specific, the spiders are actually harvestmen, which are known more commonly as daddy long legs.

While they look very similar to spiders on the outside, theyre quite different creatures.

Daddy long legs are closer relations of scorpions and unlike spiders, they dont produce venom to kill their prey.

Understandably, viewers were horrified by the clip, which left many people feeling like their skin was crawling.

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Although it hasnt been proven, scientists believe that harvestmen cluster together in a bid to make themselves look bigger to put off predators, which is quite unfortunate when you think it actually makes them look less scary to humans from a distance. Its also been suggested they could be using it as a method of keeping warm.

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