http://www.newsweek.com/shocking-photo-huntsman-spider-alive-missing-legs-1797884 > Eight spindly legs are one of a spider's most distinctive features. And yet these resilient arachnids have been known to survive with over half of them missing. > Jul Smith found one such specimen outside her window at her home in Sydney, Australia, with four of her legs gone. "She had four legs on one side of her body and none on the other but was still very quick," she told Newsweek. "Honestly, it didn't seem to hold her back much at all."