Life Imitating Art

"Named after the friendly panther in Rudyard Kipling's "The Jungle Book," Bagheera Kiplingi would rather eat a meal of leaf tips than its fellow creatures. ... "This is the first report of a spider that feeds primarily and deliberately on plants," said the researchers." Source

There is an actual creepy-crawly which is demonstrating an amazing new behavior, mimicking the aw-inducing qualities given to our favorite blood-sucking leading men!  Just as spiders were always considered nothing more than fearsome creatures (still are in my mind...), now the paradigm has sifted to include an 'alternative lifestyle' so to speak...  Within the vampire community it's been considered morality/humanity (This is your Edward, Bill, Stefan, -type vampire) until this time, but I'd suggest that this finding may open the door to an evolutionary theory for choosing the more pacifistic lifestyle...

I also find it interesting that the spider is named after Kiplings' friendly panther, who also demonstrates the idea of blasting pre-conceived notions of fearsome creatures.