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You Won't Find Funnel-Web Spiders In The US, But There Is A Similar Arachnid
While North America is free from the dangerous varieties of funnel-web spiders, it does have funnel weaver spiders which are ...
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Noisy Environments Impact How Spiders Build Their Webs
Since the Industrial Revolution, human activity has led to an increase in environmental noise. By now, residents have grown used […] ...
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Getting Annoyed at Your Noisy Neighbor? Spiders Are, Too. New Research Finds They’ll Build Webs Differently in Loud Conditions
In lab experiments, spiders changed how they constructed their webs in noisy environments, and rural and urban spiders responded differently ...
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Venomous Spider Named Hercules Sets Record with His Giant Size: 'Biggest Fangs I've Ever Seen'
The Australian funnel-web spider is the ... of Giant Trapdoor Spider Discovered The AP reported that Hercules was found on the Central Coast (about 50 miles north of Sydney) and brought to John ...