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Month: April 2019

Slingshot spider

You thought cheetahs were fast? Meet the slingshot spider. This resident of the Peruvian rainforest nabs a meal in its web like most spiders. But instead of waiting for the food to come to it, this spider takes its web

Alison April 11, 2019April 11, 2019 Awesome Animals, Discoveries, Nature No Comments Read more

Ninja kangaroo rats!

Nature is awesome, and so are the scientists who study it. Researchers studying rattlesnakes and kangaroo rats (common predator and prey) needed to be able to see what happened during those lightning-quick interactions. To do so, they used high-speed video,

Alison April 4, 2019April 11, 2019 Awesome Animals, Nature No Comments Read more

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