A spider with a human-like face on its back has gone viral online.
A spider going viral online has left a lot of people shuddering. The reason - its unique markings. The spider, which was spotted in China, appears to have a human-like face on its back, complete with a pair of 'eyes' and a 'mouth'. The arachnid has created quite the buzz on social media.
"Has spiderman been found?" quipped People's Daily, China while sharing the video on Twitter. "This spider with a humanlike face on its back was found at a home in C China's Hunan and has gone viral on Chinese social media."
They asked social media users if they could identify the species too.
Take a look at the green spider below:
According to China Daily, the spider was found crawling on a plant in the Yuanjiang city of Hunan province. It was found by a woman surnamed Li, who said the black lines on the spider's back resembled human hair.
On Twitter, the human-like spider inspired a lot of reactions:
One man compared its face to Edvard Munch's 'Scream'
Another identified the spider as a the harmless 'thomisidae'
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