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Packs of Hunting Spiders Are Guided by Web Vibrations

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Pack hunting spiders exist in places other than your nightmares. While most spiders enjoy solitary lives, 20 of the roughly 50,000 known spider species live in colonies. One species, Anelosimus eximius, lives in extremely large colonies of up to 1,000 individual spiders that work together to build webs spanning several meters. When prey falls into their web, … Read more

Spiders Caught Hunting in Giant Synchronized Swarms, And Now We Know How

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Pack hunting spiders exist in places other than your nightmares. While most spiders enjoy solitary lives, 20 of the roughly 50,000 known spider species live in colonies. One species, Anelosimus eximius, lives in extremely large colonies of up to 1,000 individual spiders that work together to build webs spanning several meters.   When prey falls into their … Read more

Spider webs may act as most sensitive ‘ears’ in the known natural world

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The bridge spider (Larinioides sclopetarius) uses its web to detect the sounds made by insects flying nearby and prepare itself for a potential meal Life 11 February 2022 By Carissa Wong A female bridge spider (Larinioides sclopetarius) Shutterstock/Dan Olsen Some spiders can pick up sounds in the air using their webs as acoustic antennae, and because … Read more

Covid vaccine passports are available on the dark web

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Researchers found 17 illicit marketplaces claiming to sell vaccine passports, and some appear to be valid entries in national databases Technology 3 December 2021 By Chris Stokel-Walker An EU Digital Covid Certificate displayed on a mobile phone PAU BARRENA/AFP via Getty Images Digital covid-19 vaccination certificates for use in the US and the European Union … Read more