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Suffocated in Silk

  • March 29, 2012
  • By KIDS DISCOVER

Only one family of spiders is not venomous: the Uloboridae. Instead of poisoning their prey, they simply immobilize it in silk until it suffocates. These eight-legged weavers live primarily in Europe.

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