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<blockquote data-quote="JustKim" data-source="post: 3509782" data-attributes="member: 5478"><p>I have this book and with it the answer to the question burning on everyone's mind: <em>Are the spiders anatomically correct?</em> The answer is no.</p><p></p><p><strong>Page 13:</strong> Diagram of a spider with three distinct body segments. Spiders do not have a thorax. Theme is repeated ad infinitum in the desk's spider motif, complete with mandibles. Spiders do not have mandibles.</p><p></p><p><strong>Page 21:</strong> Matron Mother's staff and broach. Even though these are objet d'art, drow artisans would very well know that a spider's legs do not sprout from its abdomen, and that spiders do not have mandibles.</p><p></p><p><strong>Page 31:</strong> Spider decor with legs sprouting from abdomens. Spiders' legs only sprout from the cephalothorax.</p><p></p><p><strong>Page 51:</strong> Patella and metatarsus are missing. Also spider is wearing shoes, spiders don't wear shoes, that is silly.</p><p></p><p><strong>Page 52:</strong> Patella is in the wrong place on spider's legs. Patella should come between femur and tibia to enable circulation and prevent death. Spider's legs end in one claw- all spiders' legs end in two or three claws, else manipulation of webbing is impossible. Possibly spider is an octuple amputee.</p><p></p><p><strong>Page 66:</strong> Spiders seem to have a distinct head and thorax. Spiders have a fused cephalothorax.</p><p></p><p><strong>Page 91:</strong> Dissected spider has a distinct head and thorax. Patella is missing. Spider has long spinnerets characteristic only of funnelweb spiders, but lack any other funnelweb spider trait. Spider's legs end in a single claw.</p><p></p><p><strong>Page 104:</strong> Spider has a distinct head and thorax. Spider has mandibles.</p><p></p><p><strong>Page 105:</strong> Spider has a distinct head and thorax. Patella and metatarsus are missing.</p><p></p><p><strong>Page 109:</strong> Spider's legs all end in a single claw.</p><p></p><p><strong>Page 143:</strong> Patella and metatarsus are missing in all spiders. Pedipalps of widowmaker incorrectly resemble fangs.</p><p></p><p>I'm sure everyone will agree that this is a travesty. Stop it, fantasy artists. <em>Stop it.</em></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="JustKim, post: 3509782, member: 5478"] I have this book and with it the answer to the question burning on everyone's mind: [i]Are the spiders anatomically correct?[/i] The answer is no. [b]Page 13:[/b] Diagram of a spider with three distinct body segments. Spiders do not have a thorax. Theme is repeated ad infinitum in the desk's spider motif, complete with mandibles. Spiders do not have mandibles. [b]Page 21:[/b] Matron Mother's staff and broach. Even though these are objet d'art, drow artisans would very well know that a spider's legs do not sprout from its abdomen, and that spiders do not have mandibles. [b]Page 31:[/b] Spider decor with legs sprouting from abdomens. Spiders' legs only sprout from the cephalothorax. [b]Page 51:[/b] Patella and metatarsus are missing. Also spider is wearing shoes, spiders don't wear shoes, that is silly. [b]Page 52:[/b] Patella is in the wrong place on spider's legs. Patella should come between femur and tibia to enable circulation and prevent death. Spider's legs end in one claw- all spiders' legs end in two or three claws, else manipulation of webbing is impossible. Possibly spider is an octuple amputee. [b]Page 66:[/b] Spiders seem to have a distinct head and thorax. Spiders have a fused cephalothorax. [b]Page 91:[/b] Dissected spider has a distinct head and thorax. Patella is missing. Spider has long spinnerets characteristic only of funnelweb spiders, but lack any other funnelweb spider trait. Spider's legs end in a single claw. [b]Page 104:[/b] Spider has a distinct head and thorax. Spider has mandibles. [b]Page 105:[/b] Spider has a distinct head and thorax. Patella and metatarsus are missing. [b]Page 109:[/b] Spider's legs all end in a single claw. [b]Page 143:[/b] Patella and metatarsus are missing in all spiders. Pedipalps of widowmaker incorrectly resemble fangs. I'm sure everyone will agree that this is a travesty. Stop it, fantasy artists. [i]Stop it.[/i] [/QUOTE]
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