99. Spider Rider

A brief episode, occurring on a tiny scale.

The spider-like animal in the middle of the photo is a blue-knee sea spider. Sea spiders are not exactly spiders, but they are probably moderately close, in evolutionary terms, to land spiders – arachnids. This species is common and the photo above is a pretty poor one, but there’s something to see if one looks closely. Right on top of the spider, as if riding in a saddle, is another animal, wearing (or comprising?) a slender grey tube with three tent...