SPIDERS
Some Plants Might Protect Themselves with Fake Spiderwebs
A Tiny Spider’s Secret to Taking Down Big Prey
At first glance, the pin head-sized spider Zodarion cyrenaicum seems like its on a suicide mission every time it hunts for a meal. Its preferred prey is a desert ant, Messor arenarius, some three times bigger and six times heavier than itself. But as Davi
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How Many Spiders Do You Really Swallow in Your Sleep?
Depending on who you ask, ingested creepy crawlies can vary from three, to eight, and even zero.