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The 'ballista spider' builds a trap to catapult unsuspecting prey into its web

Side profile of a small yellow and green spider climbing up a thin silk web trap anchored to a leaf.

A recently discovered spider species in Australia’s tropical rainforests has stunned researchers with a hunting technique that launches prey through the air using a spring-loaded silk trap.



from CBC | Technology News https://ift.tt/rdXKcih
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