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Not all spiders are ugly - Porsche reveals its new Boxter

Let's talk about spiders. Just don't run away. Porsche just released the first information about it's newest model – the Boxter Spider. And it seems to be the finest looking Boxter so far. Over 60 years'...

Spiderman Lizard New Pet Craze

A new exotic pet craze is sweeping the globe, after a very colorful lizard was found to resemble a very popular superhero. The Mwanza flat-headed rock agama looks a lot like Marvel superhero Spiderman, with a red...

Bowie Gets Spider Named After Him

A yellow, hairy spider that lives in the rainforests of Malaysia has been named after singer David Bowie. The spider was discovered by spider specialist Peter Jaeger, who has found over 200 new species of spider in the last ten years - most of them endangered. Jaeger named...

Harpactea sadistica spider sex is violent but effective

Spider sex has been found to be violent, but incredibly effective, according to a group of scientists who are studying them in Israel. The Harpactea sadistica species male pierces the female's abdomen and...

Camel Spiders Could Eat You for Supper!

Beware the Camel Spider! Though it may look like a spider, they are quite different.  Like scorpions and harvestmen, camel spiders belong to a distinct arachnid order called Araneae.   I must admit when...

World's 'oldest' spider web found in UK

Two fossil hunters have found what is thought to be the world's oldest spider web preserved in amber on an East Sussex beach at Bexhill. It is thought that it is 140 million years old, which would mean it was preserved in the Cretaceous period. At the same time the two...

Britain's rarest spider saved from the brink of extinction

Britain's rarest spider - the Ladybird Spider - has been saved from being wiped out forever after a successful conservation program. They were almost wiped out in the early 90s due to loss of habitat and at one...

Many New Species Found in Greater Mekong River Valley

The Greater Mekong River Valley has just once again proven how important it is to save and preserve, as almost a thousand endangered or 'extinct' species have been discovered there, including striped rabbits,...

Hunetr!

it's a kind of spider which is so perfect in hunting! it jumps on small insects to hunt them and make a food and jumps 20 times the size of it self!

Sex, Men and Video Tape of Women...

"Sex, Men and Video Tape of Women... Have you ever wondered was going through the minds of financial titans when they make they take huge monetary decisions or risk?  Well...

Let Your Love Light Shine: Spiders, Sex and UV Rays

Ultraviolet rays may not mean much to you and me during a night on the town, but, for jumping spiders, it could mean the difference between a night of eight-legged passion or stretch of arachnid loneliness....

Greater Vancouver Zoo, Lion Eats Eagle in front of visitors.

Certainly a sad day, and horrific experience for onlookers and especially children who  witnessed  a trained Golden eagle performing, only to be harrassed by crows and into the waiting mouth of a...

Insurgent spider of Basra fells Scots Guard

" A BRITISH soldier said yesterday he went to Iraq expecting to face dangerous insurgents – only to be felled by an exotic spider as he slept. Graeme Boyd's left arm swelled to five times its normal size and...

It was a Goddam Monkey: GET OVER IT !!!

OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorThe media it seems this past week has been focusing all it's attention including a Front Page News on the tragic Murder of a small Primate killed by Murderer(s) in a...

Visitors leaving flowers for spider monkeys at Vancouver Zoo

Visitors to the Greater Vancouver Zoo in Aldergrove are leaving cards and flowers for the two spider monkeys - Jocko who was killed, and Mia who is believed to have been taken. Police have no information on the...

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