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Old 03-27-2013, 11:07 AM   #4
glatt
 
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at the linked article I saw this:
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1. Spider-shaped decoys

As if spiders weren't frightening enough (to many, anyway), here's a spider that makes designs in its webs that look like spiders, but are much larger than the web-builders themselves. The animal is almost certainly a new species, said Torres, in a release from Rainforest Expeditions. It's thought that the spider-shaped design is a defense mechanism that is meant to distract or confuse predators, wrote Torres, who originally spotted the spiders.

"Because of the spider's behavior and appearance, I thought that it might be a new species," Torres said in the statement. "After contacting spider experts, we think it is likely in the genusCyclosa, which is known for piling debris in its web for defense against predators but has never been recorded to do it in such a defined pattern as this particular discovery."
which amazed me, because just yesterday I was watching more videos by the Prince Rupert Drop guy and he has one where he and his two buddies discovered these very spiders. One of his buddies was this Torres guy.
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