A vegetarian spider!

[ppfuf]

Ok, it's only mostly vegetarian.
"It is utterly surreal," he said, "to see a spider use such effective hunting strategies to hunt a plant."

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[kahnegabs.livejournal.com]

That is amazing!

[metageek.livejournal.com]

It reminds me of the line, "How much intelligence does it take to sneak up on a leaf?".

[ppfuf.livejournal.com]

The hunting strategy does make me wonder if the plant-eating is a relatively new thing for these spiders, but then it's just a puff-piece. I'm hoping I'll have time this weekend to dig for some more details.