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SPIDERS















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Arachnophobes, read no further: These massive spiders, mostly native to southeast Asia and Australia, can’t be dispatched by a shoe or a rolled-up newspaper.

Erin McCarthy






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We all know about the fish-zapping powers of the electric eel, but what about the platypus, the dolphin, or the spider?

Kate Horowitz




Whether it’s one creeping around some dark corner of your house or crawling over its web in a field or forest, most spiders we encounter are found on solid ground. Some spiders aren’t entirely earth-bound, though. They’re also also masters of air travel a

Matt Soniak