# Spider Uses Puppet Decoy

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spider-uses-puppet-decoy/644621>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [December 20, 2012, 11:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spider-uses-puppet-decoy/644621 "2012-12-20T11:32:25Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\
**Post date:** [December 21, 2012, 12:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spider-uses-puppet-decoy/644621/21 "2012-12-21T12:25:35Z")

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> [@Der\_Trihs](#):
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> And when the spider sticks a needle into the dummy, a rival spider elsewhere mysteriously drops dead.

… only to rise again, as the undead slave of the arachnid bokor that slew it. Armies of spider zombies are massing, watching, waiting for the right time to strike.

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**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\
**Post date:** [December 21, 2012, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spider-uses-puppet-decoy/644621/22 "2012-12-21T12:51:43Z")

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And we thought the human zombie apocalypse was bad.

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**Author:** ![Doctor\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctor_jackson/32/32_2.png) [@Doctor\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Jackson)\
**Post date:** [December 21, 2012, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spider-uses-puppet-decoy/644621/23 "2012-12-21T22:23:48Z")

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> [@Malthus](#):
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> My lawyer puppet! Ruined! :eek:

Actually, the lawyer ones don’t splat 'cause they’re empty inside. Neither do their puppets.😛

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