If like me you have had the chance to see one of these then you really are very lucky. The chances of seeing one of these is so unbelievably small. If you haven't then you should, they are really strange fun to watch. I was just lucky that I was stuck in the spawn of a server which happened to have mobs spawning in it when it got dark. Honestly, I was just trying to avoid the various Endermen, Spiders, Zombies and skeletons when I stumbled upon the first spider jockey I had ever seen.

It was very strange, to start with. The server I was on was slightly laggy which made it look like the skeleton was sat in the air whilst the spider was about 5 blocks to the right, but when the lag spike disappeared I realised I was in the presence of a truly dangerous mob.

It has both the abilities of a spider and a skeleton, which allows it to climb walls and shoot arrows. Both the spider and the skeleton have their own individual lives, allowing it to live on as either a spider or a skeleton if one of them dies.

Unfortunately a spider jockey is a short living mob because in sunrise the skeleton will burn leaving just a passive spider in its place, it can shoot itself if the spider jumps as the skeleton shoots and it can still fight others mobs it happens to hit one.
What do you think about spider jockeys? Have you ever seen a spider jockey? Please tell me in the comments (if anyone reads this). If you haven't seen one I hope you see one soon.
Also if you want to know why the image is on a slight tilt, its because I'd just been hit by the jockey, two spiders and a zombie.

Written by clinicallyinsane.