spider
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In 2022, Dudley worked with collaborators in Panama to show that wild spider monkeys consume fermented fruit containing alcohol and later excrete alcohol metabolites in their urine.
From Science Daily
Outcast Henry's life fails to improve when his family relocates to Hawkins, where he spends his free time hanging out with spiders in an attic.
From BBC
Hopkins told Demme, “the quietness is the most terrifying part — it goes back to childhood, going to a room, turning on a light, there’s a big spider on the wall, quiet, waiting.”
From Los Angeles Times
Scientists at the University of California, Davis report the discovery of a previously unrecognized trapdoor spider that lives in California's coastal sand dunes.
From Science Daily
Despite this dramatic reduction, the genome of this species is not only more compact but also contains a higher level of genetic diversity than that of related mainland spiders.
From Science Daily
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