"Surreal" Vegetarian Spider Found -- A First

National Geographic by Matt Kaplan | Oct. 12, 2009 (News Report)

A tropical jumping spider that eats mostly plant buds has been identified, a new study says--making it the only known vegetarian out of some 40,000 spider species. A tropical jumping spider that eats mostly plant buds has been identified, a new study Full Story »

Posted by Tyler Kane - via National Geographic, Tom Friedman, Patrick Ruffini

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Topics: Environment, Biology, Odd News, Animals
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Posted by: Posted by Tyler Kane - Oct 12, 2009 - 2:44 PM PDT
Reviewed by: Tyler Kane (review), Daniel Stocking (review), Travis Beczynski (review), Kelly Cook (review)
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Edited by: Derek Hawkins - Oct 12, 2009 - 6:57 PM PDT

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Travis Beczynski
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 by Travis Beczynski - Oct. 12, 2009
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Daniel Stocking
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 by Daniel Stocking - Oct. 12, 2009

I found this story very interesting and also straight to the point.

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Tyler Kane
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 by Tyler Kane - Oct. 12, 2009

Great facts, really interesting. Definitely raises some questions about other species.

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 by Kelly Cook - Nov. 4, 2009
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