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Totallybuggin monarch videos to be exhibited!
September 7, 2008, 7:53 pm
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Totallybuggin monarch videos to be exhibited at the Florida Museum of Natural History.

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Giant Robot Spider
September 7, 2008, 7:09 pm
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September 5th, 2008 A 50-foot, mechanical spider “came alive” today, reports the BBC.

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Robot spider vs. bee
September 7, 2008, 6:47 pm
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 By Susan Milius 
Science News Thursday, September 4th, 2008
A new bee-testing device mimics a close call with a dangerous camouflaged spider. A bee that ignores the yellow-on-yellow spider shape and buzzes close to sip a sugar droplet gets a remotely triggered squeeze from electronic sponges. Full article 

 

 

 

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Vegetarian Spider!
September 7, 2008, 6:04 pm
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Sience NewsBy Susan Milius
August 30th, 2008; Vol.174 #
This spider is one in what may be the first-known population of vegetarian spiders. The herbivores live on acacia trees in Mexico and steal leafy snacks, such as the tree nubbin this spider holds, from their ant neighbors. Full story.
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