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Do you know the difference between a spider-web and a cobweb? What are the two sections of a spider's body called? Which spider holds the record for the largest legspan? And which species wears the drained corpses of its victims on its back? All of these questions and more are answered in this fascinating eBook containing over one hundred facts, separated into sections for easy reference. So if you want to know the various uses to which spiders put their silk, or the origin of the tarantella dance, then this is the book for you!

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Publié par	Andrews UK
Date de parution	03 septembre 2014
Nombre de lectures	0
EAN13	9781783339396
Langue	English

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101 AMAZING FACTS ABOUT SPIDERS
...and other arachnids
Jack Goldstein

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Andrews UK Limited
www.andrewsuk.com
The right of Jack Goldstein to be identified as the author of this work has been asserted by him in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1998
Copyright © 2014 Jack Goldstein
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Do you know the difference between a spider-web and a cobweb? What are the two sections of a spider’s body called? Which spider holds the record for the largest legspan? And which species wears the drained corpses of its victims on its back? All of these questions and more are answered in this fascinating eBook containing over one hundred facts, separated into sections for easy reference. So if you want to know the various uses to which spiders put their silk, or the origin of the tarantella dance, then this is the book for you!
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The Basics Spiders belong to a group of animals that are called arachnids . One defining characteristic of the class is that all arachnids have eight legs. Other features of the arachnids include having two distinct body segments, no wings or antennae and an inability to chew. As well as spiders, other animals in the arachnid class include scorpions, mites and ticks. Spiders are thought to be the most diverse within the arachnid class; it is estimated that there are more than fifty thousand species of them! The second most diverse are the mites, with an estimated forty-eight thousand species on the planet. Arachnids are part of a group or