Biologists: in caves inhabited by Gollum Brazil – REGNUM

Brasilia, November 23, 2015, 14:03 – REGNUM Biologists, apparently, is a fan of the novels of John RR Tolkien «The Lord of the Rings» , found in the southeast of Brazil, a new species of spider and called it andumoema smeagol , that is Smeagol (Gollum in the Russian version ). Scientists have published a description of a new species of spider in the journal ZooKeys.

Most likely, the reason that the detected arthropod named the same name, became especially habitat and behavior of the spider. So, he lived for a long time only in the dark and damp caves, causing its color became pale yellow: his body does not produce melanin. In addition, because of the dark habitat, which he never leaves, spider lost of view. It consists of carrion diet.

However, just found a unique view of spider may become extinct, scientists are concerned. According to them, this is due to the fact that the Brazilian Gollum is not adapted to life outside the cave. Therefore, biologists continue to investigate arthropod and are looking for ways to rescue it from extinction.

IA REGNUM recalls Gollum in the Russian version (original Smeagol) – the character who plays a key role in the novel JRR Tolkien’s «The Hobbit, or There and Back Again» (1937) and «The Lord of the Rings» (1954). Once, in the days that he does not remember Gollum, the creature was a hobbit, but once found the One Ring, he changed. Ring grant him a long life, but life in a cave, far from loved ones and the people, depriving hobbit former species and turning it into a cruel and strong, but cowardly and deceitful creature.

As for the skin of Gollum, the original version of “The Hobbit” it has a shiny black color. The cartoon depicted Bakshi Smeagol as a symbiosis of the spider and the frog. In the film version of Jackson’s skin, on the other hand, it has been shown very pale.

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