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Even if that particular picture was AI (I don't think it is), there is nothing surprising or exaggerated going on here. More like it's a rather rare/undocumented behaviour. Bit it's totally within the capabilities of a fishing spider.
Yeah I’ve looked a bit harder and I see the spider shape a bit better now (from underneath), the slight motion blur in places would suggest not AI but I’m not totally convinced. From a quick search these spiders aren’t that big so that must be a very baby turtle, and I don’t know what’s going on around the mouth but it doesn’t look right, nor does the interference pattern of the ripples.
Agreeing with me would make a lot of people a lot more comfortable 😅
25-28mm body length is quite a considerable size. I think a cousin of these is often dubbed the "UK's largest spider", even though it technically isn't. But they are up there. Yes, the US has tarantulas, giant house spiders and some larger wolf spiders, but Dolomedes is up there as well.
Credit "Spiders of North America" by Sarah Rose.
"body length" is quite a poor way to communicate the size of a spider, you really want legspan.
Arachnologists everywhere disagree :)