They Jurassic Park’d a Spider, Kind Of

Edith Zimmerman
The Hairpin
Published in
1 min readMay 19, 2011

A spider fell into amber 49 million years ago, and this is what he looks like. Amazing. The video has no sound, though, so press this at the same time:

I’d give 10 years of my life for a Jurassic Park 4 with prehistoric spiders. True story: I knelt in the aisle and bowed to the screen on JP3 opening night. It was a dare, though, and the theater was otherwise empty.

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Edith Zimmerman
The Hairpin

Spiralbound editor. Formerly at The Hairpin. Also now making a newsletter: https://drawinglinks.substack.com