World's oldest-known spider dies
Not since the beloved spider of the classic kid's book Charlotte's Web died has an arachnid's demise caused such heartache. A spider named nicknamed Number 16 and believed to be the world's oldest, has passed away at the age of 43. The female Giaus Villosus, commonly known as a trapdoor spider, died while being observed in the wild for a long-term spider population study in Western Australia.
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