Attenborough - Acherodes the "Thief Spider"

published by BoneyD

7 months 1 week ago • 2463 views

tags: spider, web, steal prey, bad influence for children

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This cunning little spider earns it's meal by undermining the web of a larger cousin. It will cut away the strands holding a captured insect, whilst suring up the weight with it's own web lines, thereby preventing the former owner from noticing the vibrations of the theft.

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*science

written by rembar

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written by siftbot

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I liek the tags

written by Peroxide

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Another great spider video

http://www.videosift.com/video/Effects-Of-Drugs-And-Alcohol-On-Spider-Webs

written by QuadraPixel | 7 months 1 week ago | CH

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Acherodes the "little bitch spider" is more like it...

written by rottenseed

| 7 months 1 week ago | CH

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wow.

its probably very energy-taxing to construct and repair your trap all the time, so becoming adept at stealing a meal from a bigger neighbor seems like a reasonable solution.

written by bamdrew

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I think the bigger spider was just to busy eating another fly to worry about that one.

written by Chaucer | 7 months 1 week ago | CH

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Spiders are cool

written by Mgshadow | 7 months 1 week ago | CH

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trig lil' cully. wery trig.

written by cheesemoo

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I wonder how many flies the camera crew tossed into the web until they got this shot?

written by grinter

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amazing

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