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What a cutie.
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So next step is to 'breed ‘em up’ to be no bigger than a pekingese…?
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They walk all over your face when you’re sleeping. Just wake up and grab one…not too tightly of course or you’ll need another one
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It’s not so much a “high five” as the spider wondering, about the finger, “can I climb on this? maybe?” which is still adorable.
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Not so adorable when it’s bigger, and on the bottom of the leg of your shorts, about to start exploring the inside of the shorts. (I took a swipe at it, but it probably saw my hand coming slowly and leisurely jumped off.)
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In-house net support and troubleshooting.
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Anyone know what species that is? I’m just curious. The markings are different from our local spiderfrends.
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Based on my 100% amateur research (i.e. trying to use a spider identification site and DDG), it’s a (possibly juvenile) jumping spider. These were visually closest to my eye:
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Hmmm, kind of familiar:
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Immediately brought to mind
Highly recommended, but maybe not for arachnophobes!
We have these in the garden, and I do enjoy tossing them treats when picking pests off the plants.
Never got a high five though! Ingrates… 
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Daww they’re cute, I like them
The one in the video has a quite distinct diamond pattern on its back, but I can’t find a perfect match. I expect there’s some variation and age may matter too…
Now that I think of it, I used to hang with an arachnologist. Weird but true. I wonder if she’ll still take my calls.
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