The Drawing Song of Spiders

By SEKINE Mikio

A spider looks like the number eight.
A head and a chest fused together, its name is the cephalothoraxes.
It makes a circle.
And an abdomen makes another one circle.
So, the spider looks like the number eight.
The keyword is eight.

How many legs does the spider have?
Yes, the spider has eight legs.
Let's draw eight legs.
How many eyes does the spider have?
Wow, the spider has eight eyes.
Let's draw eight eyes.
The spider has pedipalpus.
Let's draw pedipalpus.

A question about distinction betweeen male and female.
Answer one; The legs of males are bigger than females'.
Answer two; The eyes of males are bigger than females'.
Answer three; The pedipalpus of males are bigger than females'.
Which is the right answer?

The right answer is answer three.
The pedipalpus of males looks like a boxing glove.
A male spider sucks the sperm on a special tiny web with its pedipalpus,
and then pushes it into the abdomen of female for mating.

The Drawing Song of Spiders

External body parts of Spider

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