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In Time For Halloween: 9 New Tarantula Species Discovered

Posted by samzenpus on from the welcome-to-my-parlor dept.

Damien1972 writes "If you suffer from acute arachnophobia, this is the perfect Halloween discovery for you: a spider expert has discovered nine new species of arboreal tarantulas in Brazil. Although tarantula diversity is highest in the Amazon rain-forest, the new species are all found in lesser-known Brazilian ecosystems like the Atlantic Forest and the cerrado."

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  1. Spiders are my friends by For+a+Free+Internet · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I speak to them in dypthongs exclusively for their pleasure.

    Their eyes are made of squirrel tongues! Did you know that?

    Once I saw a spider in my compotor. It was reading Slashdort, which those who know, know to be the Facebook of the Internet, where all the cool compotor users exchange viws on topics.

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  2. multi coloured by Thorfinn.au · · Score: 3, Informative

    These newly found spiders are in many colours not usually associated with arachnids, such as pink and purple
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