In a cave in southeastern Brazil, scientists have discovered a spider that is too much time spent in the dark. As a result he lost an eye and lost the color of his skin. Scientists familiar with the work of John Tolkien, by analogy with the character "Lord of the rings" called his discovery the "sméagol".

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In a cave in southeastern Brazil, scientists have discovered a spider that is too much time spent in the dark. As a result he lost an eye and lost the color of his skin. Scientists familiar with the work of John Tolkien, by analogy with the character "Lord of the rings" called his discovery the "sméagol".

As explained by The Washington Post, arthropods Iandumoema smeagol belongs to the class of arachnids group of harvestman, which in everyday life are called casinogame. He is completely devoid of pigmentation, because of what his skin had a sickly pale yellow hue. This, like the complete absence of vision, due to the habitat of Zmeegolov — wet and deep caves.

His namesake, book sméagol, who is also known as Gollum, was the victim of the one Ring, split personality and a long stay in a dark cave.

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