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posted 12 September 2003 11:39 AM      Profile for clockwork     Send New Private Message      Edit/Delete Post  Reply With Quote 
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Actually, says U of T zoologist Darryl Gwynne, some spiders do get stuck in their own webs by accident. But most are able to bypass the sticky strands, travelling only on the non-sticky parts of the web.

The Globe blurb wasn't enough for me.


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