The diving bell spider breathes air, but spends its life underwater! To achieve this feat, this spider spins a cocoon that works as an aqualung. The spider traps tiny bubbles of air in the hairs of her legs and brings them underwater to store in the cocoon. The air bubble is also a nest for its young. See more pictures at Environmental Graffiti. Link -via Unique Daily
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*Lloyd Bridges voice* "By this time my tracheae was aching for air."
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It still remembers December's foggy freeze, when the ice that clings onto its beard was screaming agony!
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