Being a mamma requires sacrifice, especially for the Diaea ergandros. Isabella Rossellini explores how the spider lets herself be devoured by her babies.

Cobwebs are heart strings to be pulled for maximum pathos in this melodramatic episode, in which our star zoologist enacts an arachnoid form of maternal altruism. Adorned with eight limbs and eight peepers, Isabella Rossellini deteriorates into abyssal motherly mush for her creepy-crawly children.