Sunday, December 30, 2012

Spider creates his own decoy

Here's a cool story about a spider that was found in the Amazon who creates a large clone spider decoy from debris and puts it on its web.  It even apparently attaches silk and animates the decoy legs like a puppet.  The discoverers think the decoy attracts the attention of predators, who attack the decoy instead of the smaller real spider who built it.

Here's the link with a photo

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