Roots are killed back, causing plants to be stunted and spindly. Disproportionately long, spindly limbs inspired the spider monkey's common name. Widow spiders are large, shiny house spiders with relatively spindly legs and deep, globular abdomens. It grows to 1 m tall (rarely more) with spindly limbs. Splat himself is a hoot with his spindly legs, flyaway fur and highly expressive tail. They have 8 spindly legs which bear spikes and are clawed at the end. The most telltale symptom of Bakane is the tall, spindly look of the plant. Vermeer is represented as a dark spindly figure in a kneeling position. Povenmire uses thin, spindly arms for every character as a simple reason to add fun. When young, are generally very spindly, and are common in young kauri forests. Its digits are long and spindly, with a hooked claw at the end. Females are usually thinner, but should not be spindly. As granulation tissue matures, the fibroblasts produce less collagen and become more spindly in appearance. The aye-aye is a nocturnal specialist filmed extracting a grub with its spindly middle finger. Pevsner describes it as "Gothic, with a terrible, spindly tower".