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Vegetarian Spider

AcaciaSpider Scientists have discovered a tropical jumping spider that lives as a vegetarian, feasting mostly on plant buds. This marks the first known vegetarian spider out of more than 40,000 known species.

Naturalists first found the Bagheera kiplingi in the late 1800’s. It wasn’t until a close 21^st century study, though, that researchers observed the spider eating the buds of acacia plants.

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jerp jerp mcgerp says:

October 18, 2009 at 7:43 pm

that is quite interesting!!!

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brickman says:

October 16, 2009 at 12:31 pm

awesome(sorta).

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pokefreak6464 says:

October 14, 2009 at 1:16 pm

cool

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kojiisgreat says:

October 13, 2009 at 4:29 pm

thats so cool!

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