One question: Why the hell would anyone try to touch—let alone provoke—a giant, nervous “spider.” For whatever reason, somebody poked this monstrous creature in a gif shared in Reddit’s awwWTF community. As you can see, the nervous animal did not seem happy by this surprise attack.

Second question: What the HECK is THAT? While this spider looks like something that will haunt your dreams forever and ever, it’s actually not even a spider at all.

The creepy crawler in question is the amblypygi (or amblypygids), a close relative of spiders and scorpions found in tropical habitats, entomologist Sean McCann tells Upvoted.

“The more accepted common name is Tailless Whip Scorpion, which you can remember as it is very close to Taylor Swift Scorpion,” jokes McCann.

Does it remind you of anything?

That’s right! Tailless Whip Scorpions (or at least a CGI version of them) introduced themselves to the world in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire.

Though these little guys are undeserving of negative publicity. Tailless Whip Scorpions have no interest in humans, being shy, nocturnal animals. In fact, they are completely harmless to us since they have no venom, says McCann.

“They [are incapable] of biting, stinging, or injuring a person in any way. They do not transmit diseases and they are not pests,” writes entomologist Piotr Naskrecki.

They use those appendage-like arms that you see—called pedipalps—to crush prey in a rather vicious, brutal way. Thankfully, humans are unscathed by their powerful pedipalps.

That doesn’t mean you should intentionally provoke one, however.

“This [gif] shows a cornered individual, which is trying its best to defend itself by scaring off the human attacker. If you are slow and gentle, they can be handled quite easily, but can be difficult to capture as they do not often stray far from secure crevices and burrows,” explains McCann.