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Scared Of Sea Beasties? These 4 Freshwater Monsters Might Just Put You Off Rivers Tooclose-up on the face of a Goliath tigerfish

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Scared Of Sea Beasties? These 4 Freshwater Monsters Might Just Put You Off Rivers Tooclose-up on the face of a Goliath tigerfish
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Scared Of Sea Beasties? These 4 Freshwater Monsters Might Just Put You Off Rivers Too

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Four New Species Of Tarantulas Discovered With Longest Known Schlongs In The Spider WorldBig black tarantula species with long legs and a hairy body.

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Four New Species Of Tarantulas Discovered With Longest Known Schlongs In The Spider WorldBig black tarantula species with long legs and a hairy body.
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Four New Species Of Tarantulas Discovered With Longest Known Schlongs In The Spider World

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Yikes! Baby African Social Spiders Filmed Eating Their Moms Start-To-Finish For The First Timeafrican social spider offspring eating their mother known as matriphagy

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Yikes! Baby African Social Spiders Filmed Eating Their Moms Start-To-Finish For The First Timeafrican social spider offspring eating their mother known as matriphagy
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Yikes! Baby African Social Spiders Filmed Eating Their Moms Start-To-Finish For The First Time

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Trichonephila Clavipes: The Spider That Spins "Golden" SilkA female Trichonephila clavipes (Golden Silk Orbweaver) and her beautiful golden silk web

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Trichonephila Clavipes: The Spider That Spins "Golden" SilkA female Trichonephila clavipes (Golden Silk Orbweaver) and her beautiful golden silk web
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Trichonephila Clavipes: The Spider That Spins "Golden" Silk

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Meet The Many Species Of Freaky Looking "Assassin Spiders" That Only Eat Other SpidersNew species of pelican spider showing the unusual head and "neck"

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Meet The Many Species Of Freaky Looking "Assassin Spiders" That Only Eat Other SpidersNew species of pelican spider showing the unusual head and "neck"
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Meet The Many Species Of Freaky Looking "Assassin Spiders" That Only Eat Other Spiders

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In 1973, NASA Sent Two Spiders Into Space To See If They Can Spin Webs – And They Learnt A LotArabella the spider spins a web on the Skylab space station in 1973.

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In 1973, NASA Sent Two Spiders Into Space To See If They Can Spin Webs – And They Learnt A LotArabella the spider spins a web on the Skylab space station in 1973.
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In 1973, NASA Sent Two Spiders Into Space To See If They Can Spin Webs – And They Learnt A Lot

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Jumping Spiders: With Cute Eyes And Complex Behavior, They're Nature's Most Charismatic ArachnidsA jumping spider (Family Salticidae) sitting on a leaf, which

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Jumping Spiders: With Cute Eyes And Complex Behavior, They're Nature's Most Charismatic ArachnidsA jumping spider (Family Salticidae) sitting on a leaf, which
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Jumping Spiders: With Cute Eyes And Complex Behavior, They're Nature's Most Charismatic Arachnids

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How Big Is This Spider? Study Explains Why You Might Overestimate Their SizeWolf spider.

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How Big Is This Spider? Study Explains Why You Might Overestimate Their SizeWolf spider.
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How Big Is This Spider? Study Explains Why You Might Overestimate Their Size

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“Spider Rain”: The Bizarre Phenomenon That’ll Send Arachnophobes Into A SpinLots of spiders on a giant web with the sky in the background

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“Spider Rain”: The Bizarre Phenomenon That’ll Send Arachnophobes Into A SpinLots of spiders on a giant web with the sky in the background
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“Spider Rain”: The Bizarre Phenomenon That’ll Send Arachnophobes Into A Spin

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NASA Study Gave Illegal Drugs To Spiders And Watched What Happened To Their WebsGolden silk orb-weaver spider spinning a web.

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NASA Study Gave Illegal Drugs To Spiders And Watched What Happened To Their WebsGolden silk orb-weaver spider spinning a web.
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NASA Study Gave Illegal Drugs To Spiders And Watched What Happened To Their Webs

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What Happened When A Kansas Family Lived With 2,055 Brown Recluse Spiders For 5 And A Half YearsCloseup of a brown recluse spider

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What Happened When A Kansas Family Lived With 2,055 Brown Recluse Spiders For 5 And A Half YearsCloseup of a brown recluse spider
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What Happened When A Kansas Family Lived With 2,055 Brown Recluse Spiders For 5 And A Half Years

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First-Known Species Of "Methane-Powered" Sea Spiders Have Been Discovered In The Deep SeaA Sericosura sea spiders on black background

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First-Known Species Of "Methane-Powered" Sea Spiders Have Been Discovered In The Deep SeaA Sericosura sea spiders on black background
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First-Known Species Of "Methane-Powered" Sea Spiders Have Been Discovered In The Deep Sea

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Losing Two Legs Doesn’t Slow Tarantulas Down Or Make Them More UnstableBig tarantula in a clear box with its own reflection

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Losing Two Legs Doesn’t Slow Tarantulas Down Or Make Them More UnstableBig tarantula in a clear box with its own reflection
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Losing Two Legs Doesn’t Slow Tarantulas Down Or Make Them More Unstable

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These Spiders Vomit Their Victims To Death, Regurgitating Toxic Goo Until It's Dinnerarticle image

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These Spiders Vomit Their Victims To Death, Regurgitating Toxic Goo Until It's Dinnerarticle image
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These Spiders Vomit Their Victims To Death, Regurgitating Toxic Goo Until It's Dinner

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New Jumping Spider Genus Discovered In New Zealand, And It’s Got Some Real Charactersa grey and black fuzzy jumping spider on a rock

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New Jumping Spider Genus Discovered In New Zealand, And It’s Got Some Real Charactersa grey and black fuzzy jumping spider on a rock
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New Jumping Spider Genus Discovered In New Zealand, And It’s Got Some Real Characters

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