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Meet the spiders that look and smell like bird poop: A strange trick for survival and hunting

Bird-dropping spiders might sound like a joke, but they represent one of the most fascinating and unusual survival strategies in the natural world. Found mainly in the rainforests of Southeast Asia, ...
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Creatures that look and smell like bird poop are new species from Southeast Asia

Two new species of bird-dropping crab spiders have been discovered in Malaysia and the Philippines, according to a study. Polina Koroleva Unsplash A scientist has discovered two new species of crab ...