February 1st, 2014 at 11:22AM
More reasons NOT to fear spiders - new study into Black Widow biting behavior

bogleech:

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In a recent study, researchers poked, prodded, pinched and grabbed black widow spiders with soft, artificial fingers to test how likely they were to bite.

Out of 43 different spiders, only one reacted to poking by attempting to bite. The rest tried to flee, play dead, or…

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1,664 notes #still don't touch black widows though??#omfg I'm not really sure what the point if this was
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