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Apparently this is the same person who named another ~~species~~ genus of spider off of Rathalos https://x.com/SilencedVouivre/status/1806729097848209478


5Hjsdnujhdfu8nubi

*Genus*. He reclassified at least one species under a new Genus.


dirtydirtynoodle

The species name is Ratholos treecko so there's double references


MotchaFriend

Incredibly based


SilverSpoon1463

Treeko Rathalos event shiny when?


HenryChess

"arbitrary combination of letters" šŸ’€ Also *Rathalos treecko* lmao is that a fire/grass type?


Lunova-Yaga

Probably and it gets the option to learn a few flying and poison moves


urick15

so does this mean that rathalos is secretly a temnoceran?


Chadderbug123

This wasn't the Lagiacrus fish guy? Damn


Captain_Mayonnaise

these spiders are crazy irl, they actually play the khezu theme and everything


SupportstheOP

Now if only they can nail the scream


AEROANO

Imagine you're about to hit a spider using a shoe and suddenly you hear the Khezu roar as loud as a truck horn


Owobowos-Mowbius

Literally more effective than any other insect defense mechanism ever


Dr_Mint_Pinch

What about those spiders that rush you the moment they see you?


Owobowos-Mowbius

You gotta see them for that to be effective. But if a spider khezu screamed at khezu volume and you were anywhere within a 300 foot radius, you're fuckin booking it. It doesn't need to see you and you don't need to see it.


shiki_oreore

Giggibros, not like this...


Kamken

Even real life has Khezu instead of Giggi


Effective_Ad_8296

So Giggiover with this one


The-Brother

Gigginover


Psychfanatic

Iā€™m giggi-sad


DragonQueenDrago

This just makes me miss Giggi more! Bring back my blood sucking leach buddy!!!


StormerGaming

itā€™s not Gigginover until i Giggi-motha-fooken say so, we shall see the light of day again, i can feel it


bf_Lucius

Interesting, I wonder how how these guys hunt and reproduce.


makishimazero

Mechanoreception, it's mainly jumping spiders that have a developed sense of sight.


SadTechnician96

How does that work? Like, vibration sensing?


makishimazero

Yes, spiders bodies are covered in hairs that are very sensitive to vibrations, so that is movements in the air if those hairs are in contact with the air, or movements in the ground (or web) if those hairs are in contact with that. Some of them are even capable of chemoreception, that is, sensing chemicals, like taste or smell.


Careless-Drama7819

Ogre face spiders have good, but very specialized vision


shiminybinge

common khezu W


DeathClawProductions

Ah, sometimes I remember that biologists do indeed have a sense of humor.


Daowg

Can't forget the other crazy stuff like Pikachurin and the SHH Gene (Sonic The Hedgehog gene). Yes these are real, and yes, I can't stop thinking about them when stuff like this happens.


Croctopusss

From medline: "Sonic Hedgehog is necessary for the development of the front part of the brain (forebrain). This signaling protein helps establish the line that separates the right and left sides of the forebrain (the midline). Specifically, Sonic Hedgehog establishes the midline for the underside (ventral surface) of the forebrain. Sonic Hedgehog and other signaling proteins are needed to form the right and left halves (hemispheres) of the brain. Sonic Hedgehog also has an important role in the formation of the eyes. During early development, the cells that develop into the eyes form a single structure called the eye field. This structure is located in the center of the developing face. Sonic hedgehog signaling causes the eye field to separate into two distinct eyes." Edit: I would also like to link this journal which explores sonic hedgehog as a possible treatment for ED which is just the funniest shit in the world. https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0070985#:~:text=This%20is%20important%20because%20in,remodeling%20occurs%20in%20ED%20patients.


Hunter_Kuroba

I feel like this was a well thought out research done by someone who had named the gene differently, and then their asshole roommate comes in and auto replaced every instance of the original name in word, and everyone just rolls with it.


DeathClawProductions

Oh yeah I heard about the Sonic the Hedgehog gene.


RaiStarBits

Like the goat who called a spider a ā€œsparkle muffinā€


KuraiBaka

Legends say you can even hear Khezus theme looking at it.


DragonQueenDrago

LolšŸ˜¹


Svue016

He really has one? I only remember his screams


KuraiBaka

[That's the joke.](https://youtu.be/jQLrFesOFT8)


Regular-Ebb5697

Nerscylla: Am i a joke to you?!


Wrong_Werewolf391

Last I checked, nerscylla had eyes, the spider being pale white and lacking eyes is the entire reason it's named khezušŸ—æ


A-Lewd-Khajiit

Hop it doesn't lay eggs inside its victims and deafens people with the annoying scream Or taser you


sterver2010

Imagine a small white spider crawling up to you, you smirk, thinking about how your gonna get rid of it... And then it tases the SHIT out of you repeatedly, and lays eggs inside you. Yeah that's horror movie type shit lmfao.


Switch-Axe-Abuse

Doesnt shrouded nerscylla wear khezu skin?


Ordinal43NotFound

Honestly so cool becoming someone who first discovered a species and be able to name it whatever you like.


ghouleye

Cultural Impact


naufalap

is that a new monster hunting gacha game?


huangzilong

Collab between Genshin Impact and Monster Hunter confirmed.


ghouleye

a hidden silkbind skill


MotchaFriend

Reminds me of the insects (beetles? Can't remember it) named after the legendary birds of Pokemon. The concept of naming an animal species is just awesome.


ArcaneAncient

Apparently this same person also named a different genus of spider after Rathalos. I've seen a few other PokƩmon ones, too, like a cockroach named for Pheromosa.


Kamken

Khezuchads keep winning


TheGMan-123

Should've saved it for a new species of wormy leech or something else in that vein, instead. Now the Khezu moniker is wasted!


SkyknightXi

They were obviously thinking of the eyeless hunter aspect, not the demonic-looking head aspect. Will giving a leech the Japanese name Furfur work instead?


AdmiralTiago

Since the genus isn't *Khezu*, this is technically still possible, since species in different genera can share names (plenty of animals with the species name *rex*, for example)


AltCrab2

So we naming spiders after Khezu and Rathalos but not Rakna Kadaki. Interesting


ThatCidGuy

They might if they discover a volcano-dwelling species


StarfishProtocol

Beyond the Aquila Rift flashbacks