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Spider's Scat Disguise May Be Its Salvation

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Spiders Use Bird Dropping Disguise to Escape Predatory Wasps

Researchers discover how spiders in Taiwan mimic bird droppings as a survival strategy, with spectrally indistinguishable disguises and risks of being eaten by wasps.

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