This Rare Spider Is Half-Female, Half-Male Split Down The Middle – Oh, And A New Species.....Their left side is female, the right side is male.

IFL Science ^ | October 08, 2025 | Tom Hale

[Larry Lucido]

That’s it!!

[Ronald77]

Oh good, another transgender sex for the mentally ill to pretend

[kaktuskid]

A spider “ladyboy”?

[SaxxonWoods]

This only counts if it can change the sex-sides at will.

[OrangeHoof]

...and whew! the fights it has with itself!!

[Vaduz]

her·maph·ro·dite
/hərˈmafrədīt/
noun
an organism having sex organs or other sexual characteristics that are not clearly male or female, either abnormally or (in the case of some organisms) as the natural condition.

[Billthedrill]

Wait a minute - what does the poor thing do for pronouns?

[TangoLimaSierra]

It might survive if the male half is deaf.

[DPMD]

Female, left; male, right. Makes sense.

[Bobbyvotes]

We already have senator Linda Graham.

[xp38]

Basically the world of leftist politics today is an awful Ed Wood movie.

[Wuli]

The article does not address the scientific question of whether or not the spider (A) only expresses the physical appearance of a male on one side of the body and female on the other side, or (B) if it also has both male and female reproductive organs.

[logi_cal869]

Don’t give them new ideas!!!

[StAntKnee]

Not to mention that in each photo of a male or half-male the right side has only 3 legs. Why am I thinking this is a photoshop or AI hoax?

[StAntKnee]

Not to mention that in each photo of a male or half-male the right side has only 3 legs. Why am I thinking this is a photoshop or AI hoax?

[Bullish]

Nice try gender benders.

[algore]

Thailand, why am I not surprised?

There are lots of lady|boys in Thailand

[SunkenCiv]

[Salamander]

Thailand?!?

/iykyk

[Salamander]

No worries about a weekend date.