Gigantic Spider's Web Discovered In Madagascar

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First published in Sanctuary Asia, Vol. 30 No. 9, September 2010

 

The spider also makes the largest orb web yet found for any spider, and constructs it out of the most tough biomaterial yet known, say scientists.

 

Darwin's bark spider, a species new to science, weaves its huge web over flowing rivers, stretching from bank to bank. Read the full report here.

 

Source: by Matt Walker, Editor, Earth News, BBC.

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