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Involuntary Bioslaughter and Why a Spider is Dead
“Hey, where is the spider post?”, you may be asking if you arrived at this page by following one of the thousands of links that sprung up overnight in the online media and social circuits. In the fine tradition of online publishing I took the liberty of pulling a “bait-and-click” switcheroo, and turning the hysteria surrounding the Goliath birdeater’s story into a teaching opportunity... By Piotr Naskrecki.
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Absurd Creature of the Week: The Barnacle That Invades Crabs in a Not OK Way
This is one of the most disturbing and wildly complex parasitizations in the animal kingdom. By Matt Simon.
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Absurd Creature of the Week: If This Wasp Stings You, ‘Just Lie Down and Start Screaming’
The tarantula hawk is actually a kind of solitary wasp, with a sting that causes a fiercely electric pain that could only be described as totally unacceptable.