Como fugir de predadores? Faça cara de paisagem
Pesquisa Fapesp,
Estudada há mais de 200 anos, a camuflagem ajuda os animais a despistar predadores, a ganhar sobrevida e, com sorte, a se…
Eight Reasons You Should Be Nice To Spiders
Lifehacker,
For some people spiders have been a source of fear for years. But in reality, they deserve to instil a sense of amazement.
Eight reasons not to be spooked by spiders this Halloween
Phys.org,
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Eight reasons not to be spooked by spiders this Halloween
Australasian Science,
Spiders are a traditional part of a Halloween scare and for some people they have been a source of fear for years.
Eight reasons not to be spooked by spiders this Halloween
The Conversation,
Spiders are a traditional part of a Halloween scare and for some people they have been a source of fear for years.
Spider's Scat Disguise May Be Its Salvation
Scientific American,
Masquerading as a bird turd appears to protect certain arachnids from getting eaten by wasps. Karen Hopkin reports. -- Read…
Edderkopper kamuflerer seg som fugleskitt
forskning.no,
Forskere har funnet ut at noen edderkopper bruker en nokså slu taktikk for å gjemme seg.
Edderkopper kamuflerer sig i 'lorte outfit'
Videnskab.dk,
Næste gang du ser en fuglelort, så tjek lige engang, om det faktisk er en edderkop, som er gået undercover. Forskere har nemlig…
Maskerade: Spinne tarnt sich als Vogelkot
Die Welt,
Forscher untersuchten 125 Spinnennetze und 21 Vogelkotkleckse und verglichen mehrere Eigenschaften. Tatsächlich ähneln die…
Skurrile Spinnentarnung: Ich bin mal Vogelkot
SPIEGEL ONLINE,
Lieber Kot als tot - so lautet offenbar das Motto einer asiatischen Spinnenart. Um sich vor tödlichen Wespenangriffen zu schützen…
News story from Daily Mail on Monday 02 June 2014
Daily Mail,
The Bird Poop Disguise
Science Today,
Do these Asian spiders look like bird poop for a reason?
Spider Hides In Plain Sight As Bird Poop
Business Insider,
The orb-web spider Cyclosa ginnaga has a pretty genius way of camouflaging itself from predators. Can you tell what the eight-leg…
Spider Masquerades as Bird Poop
Real Clear Science,
Ross Pomeroy, RealClearScience Life as a spider isn't the easiest. As hydraulic beasts, the tiniest wound in the right spot…
This Spider Web Was Deliberately Spun to Look Like Bird Poop
Smithsonian Magazine,
It’s not artistic license. The arachnid avoids predators by masquerading as bird droppings, say scientists