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Up close with a tarantula and its prey

I came across this tarantula just as it was feeding — perfect timing. It was calm but focused, holding its prey tightly.
In his new National Geographic series Pole to Pole, the actor ventures deep into the Amazon in search of creatures whose ...
The praying mantis looks calm — until it moves. Its raptorial forelegs are spring-loaded weapons that snap shut in milliseconds, faster than most prey can react. Large, forward-facing eyes give it ...
Just before sunset, as baseball-sized tarantulas cross the road at Colorado’s Southern Plains Land Trust, two biologists quietly exit their car to scoop up a few of these eight-legged pedestrians.
A car carrying more than 2,000 live tarantulas worth £70,000 was intercepted at Britain's borders in a crackdown on wildlife smuggling. An elephant hair ring from the US, king cobra balm from Thailand ...
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An odd-looking alien invader has found a foothold in western Montana and less severely-cold winters may be allowing it to thrive.