Some spiders may spin poisonous webs laced with neurotoxins
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The sticky silk threads of spider webs may be hiding a toxic secret: potent neurotoxins that paralyze a spider’s prey.
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Spider Uses Its Web Like a Giant Engineered Ear, spider web
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Spiders spin webs to catch prey. They're also trapping a wealth of DNA
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Investigating Community Food Webs: The Ecological Importance of Spiders - Science Friday, spiders
Investigating Community Food Webs: The Ecological Importance of Spiders - Science Friday, spiders
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Spider webs: not just for Halloween
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Spider That Builds Its Own Spider Decoys Discovered, spiders
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Mysterious neurotoxin may help flatworms kill prey
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Why understanding how spiders spin silk may hold clues for treating Alzheimer's disease
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Field Guide to the Spiders of California and the Pacific Coast States by Richard J. Adams - Paperback - University of California Press
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