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On the north side of Skull Island, a towering class of arachnid lived. Called Mother Longlegs, due to being all-female, the creatures dwelled in the forests. The island's dense bamboo acted as a natural camouflage due to the spider's long, slender limbs. In fact, the species would often sit and wait for their target to unwittingly move below them. When this occurred, the creatures would then go on the attack to devour their prey.
In 1973, Skull Island found itself under siege. The Sky Devils military unit had started a campaign to shell the island with explosives. This was under the direction of Monarch, who were joined by Landsat employees. The goal was to get a seismic reading of the island... and also to flush out its larger inhabitants. The latter was successful, as the explosives summoned King Kong to the vicinity. Acting as the island's protector, the giant ape destroyed the helicopters. This resulted in many causalities, and also separated the parties.
 One group, on foot, found themselves in the island's bamboo jungle. Although moving cautiously, the group unknowingly walked under a Mother Longlegs. The spider wasted no time, springing its deathtrap. Quickly raising a leg, the arachnid stabbed a soldier through the mouth with it, skewering them. Rather than feast, though, the giant creature focused on eliminating the other humans. As they opened fire, the bamboo-like spider released its muscular tendrils. This grabbed one of the soldiers, dragging him up to the Mother Longlegs. Snapping its pincers menacingly, the arachnid prepared to feast.
Not wanting to hit the man being attacked, his companions focused on the beast's legs instead. Using their machetes, the group hacked at the appendages. The Mother Longlegs started to lose its footing, although kept up the assault. This included unsuccessfully trying to stab the soldiers with its legs. Eventually, the tendril ensnared soldier freed himself by cutting them. Out of the line of fire, the other troops laced the spider with gun shots. The bullets ripped through the main body of the Mother Longlegs, causing it to plummet to the ground. Badly injured but still alive, the coronal of the group approached the spider. Without hesitation, the man shot the arachnid multiple times in the head, killing it.
After the 1973 incident at Skull Island, Monarch later filed a report on the creatures. During this study, they found vascular bundles of woody xylem within the spider's legs. This discovery revealed that the Mother Longlegs are a hybrid. While predominately arachnid, they also featured flora characteristics. This is due to an abnormal infusion of its DNA with that of actual bamboo. Naturally, this had the beneficial side effect of helping with camouflage.
In 1995, another expedition visited the island. This time, their mission was kept in secret, with a small team venturing there. Unfortunately, the group was attacked, stranded and with heavy causalities. Although saved by a combination of King Kong and the Iwi natives, the group became fractured. Walter R. Riccio, a member of the party, had started to lose his mind. In his madness he became obsessed with the deity Kong that the island natives worshiped. His insanity reached such a level that he willingly destroyed the protective walls the natives had built, just to see if Kong would arrive to save them.
With those walls gone, the Mother Longlegs wasted little time in attacking the village. Three of the large spiders quickly descended on the now unprotected village. Using their legs, the spiders speared people with their poisoned spurs. Other members of the species used their tendrils to grab prey, drawing them toward their mouth for consumption. With the Iwi village in chaos, the lone surviving member of the expedition sought higher ground along with other natives. There they saw another, larger Mother Longlegs arrive. Using his gun, the survivor opened fire on it, attracting the huge Mother Longlegs' attention but not harming it. As the arachnid closed in for the kill, Kong arrived, slamming into the giant Mother Longlegs. Using his fists, the island guardian pummeled and killed the humongous spider.
The death of the giant Mother Longlegs did not go unnoticed. The three spiders that were attacking the village, along with a fourth that arrives, approached and surrounded the huge ape. Kong immediately went on the offensive, grabbing the nearest spider and ripping its body in half with his bare hands. The remaining Mother Longlegs were not intimidated, though, as another spider leaped at Kong from behind. King Kong, though, spotted the airborne spider before it could land on him and grabbed its body. With tremendous force, Kong tossed the spider, killing it on impact. The remaining two Mother Longlegs used their tendrils against the island guardian's forearm, only for Kong to swing his arm to send the spiders into the air. The giant ape finished the battle by grabbing the two spiders out of the air, smashing their bodies together to kill them. Beating his chest in victory, Kong surveyed the dead bodies of the Mother Longlegs all around him. |
