Tailless whip scorpion (order Amblypygi). Female tailless whip scorpion, or whip spider, carrying fertilised eggs in a sac beneath her abdomen. When t

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Tailless whip scorpion (order Amblypygi). Female tailless whip scorpion, or whip spider, carrying fertilised eggs in a sac beneath her abdomen. When the eggs hatch the young will climb onto their mother's back. Photographed at Yasuni National Park, Amazon Rainforest, Ecuador.

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