Drumming Wolf Spider

Their prey includes beetles of the scarabaeidae family , wolf spiders, cockroaches, crickets, and grasshoppers. Grice provides as his evidence that “all of the widow’s prey would find lesser toxins fatal, and there is no particular benefit to killing or harming larger animals” (12). He goes on to say “even natural selection favors the inheritance of useful characteristics that arise from random mutation and tends to extinguish disadvantageous traits” (12). This proves there is no known scientific or rational reason for the venoms high toxins. By providing no logical explanation for the widow’s high virulent venom, Grice leaves the reader with a

One day, Jürgen Otto was walking in a forest and nearly stepped on a spider. The spider quickly jumped away and Jürgen had never seen a spider that looked like the spider Jürgen had almost stepped on. He looked on the Internet and in books but only found one picture in a book made in the 1970s. He had discovered the new species called the Peacock Spider. “Peacock Spiders are only about 3 millimeters long and are found only in Australia” (Jürgen Otto, 2005). Jürgen now spends over 40 hours a week studying these spiders Jürgen has found and learned to love Peacock Spiders and document their actions and interests. Jürgen has found over 10 new species of spiders for scientists.

According to Wikipedia, spider monkeys tend to live in medium sized groups of around two or three dozen individuals called troops, averaging at about 15 to 25 individuals in a group. The group will break up into smaller bands on occasion, like to split up to forage for food resources or if there are not enough resources to support the entire group to increase their chances of survival. They are typically found in large, unoccupied areas in the upper layer of the rainforests of Central and South America but can also be found in Mexico. They are primarily arboreal, meaning the spend most of their time swinging from trees, using their prehensile tails to move around. They use their tail as a fifth hand using it to help them

The creosote bush grasshopper has a simple body. It has a rounded head capsule which contains the compound eyes, chewing mouth parts, and the short thread-like antennae, which are always shorter than the rest of body (Estella, 2009). The middle thoracic segments and part of the abdomen are covered by a type of hard shield called a pronotum which extends from the first thoracic segment. The forewings are leathery but they are not used for flight. Instead, they protect the delicate hind wings. They also have long jumping hind legs, which enable them to leap well over 20 times their body length (Anonymous, 2015).

Once the snakes are caught, they go through a few different processes. First, they have their venom removed from

In the poem A Noiseless Patient Spider, it begins by giving us a description of a common, little spider going throughout its life. A spider, on a rock, where it sat isolated, quietly as it casts out its web from in it's spinnerets into an emptiness by trying to examine the significant unknown that holds it. The speaker gives us some deep thoughts as we read through it, while making a connection between the actual life of the spider and with our own lives. As well as the speaker comparing it to his own lost life, he portrays to us that perhaps if he were to be more patient with his life that maybe he could enjoy how the spider goes about it's life and he wouldn't be so lost.

The witch wolf is a dangerous species and is very unique. It almost looks the same as a normal wolf, there is only some changes. Some differences from a normal wolf is how it catches prey, how it acts, where it lives, or what kind of powers it has. The witch wolf has grey fur and amber eyes. But, while they are on the prowl, all of their hair stands on end and their eyes turn black. A adult witch wolf is about 5.1 feet to 7.3 feet in length, which is larger than a normal wolf by a couple feet. These special types of wolves live in packs. Next, they have special powers because they are part witch. They can lure prey away from safety with spells, and they can go invisible for very short periods of time. When these packs find prey they strike

Like many invertebrates, Sowbugs are ectothermic which causes their body temperature to change with their environment (cite). Sowbugs can be described as having seven pairs of legs and having a 14 mm long dark brown body that is covered with overlapping plates which can be compared to that of an armadillo’s; the exoskeleton of the isopod must molt as it matures (cite).

Redback spiders can be found in Australia, and normally, they will eat a variety of food sources ranging from small rodents, insects, and spiders. However, when engage in sexual activity, the females will consume the males. The females are bigger than the males, according to Stoltz and Andrade (2009) the males are only 1 or 2 % of the female body. It is extremely difficult for the males to find females for copulation, the chances are slim, so when a male finds a female, most males are willing to die for her. Sexual cannibalism in redback spiders is extremely interesting because the males can use chemical cues to detect virgin females, females are in control of the situation, and males offer themselves to females for longer copulation.

Animals have adapted many different methods to avoid being eaten by predators. Some animals may secrete poison from their bodies to deter predators so they taste bad and others may have spines, or other defensive mechanisms to signal to predators they are dangerous. Stripes on snakes such as coral snakes indicate a venomous individual and to signal any potential predator they are ready to fight back. However, animals that are more or less defenseless are more vulnerable, especially if they are full of nutrients and a hungry predator is nearby. Therefore they need to outsmart the potential predators to avoid death.

Alexander Petrunkevitch wrote “The Spider and the Wasp” to explain how the wasp uses the tarantula to provide a life for the larva, baby wasp. Most tarantulas live in the tropics, but there are a few in the southern U.S. living in deep burrows. The spider’s bite is dangerous to the small mammals and insects, but a human will be able to hold the tarantula in their hand, if one is gentle. The males wander at night to find a female to mate with. The male tarantula dies after mating, while the female lives much longer, and continues to mate. The female spider can continue mating. The female tarantula can lay two-hundred to four-hundred eggs at a time. Tarantula’s eyesight and hearing is poor, but the tarantulas has an excellent sense of touch.

The maned wolf’s distinct physical characteristics develop interest in most any person that first observes it. Its reddish fur, long muzzle and large pointed ears are reminiscent of the red fox. However, its long, stilt-like legs distinguish it from other canids and make it the largest of them in South America. Because of this characteristic and other genetic traits, the maned wolf is neither wolf nor fox, though its appearance suggests otherwise. In fact, the maned wolf is its own recognized species and is the only species in its genus, Chrysocyon. In addition to its atypical appearance, this species’ behavior and habits make it compelling to study.

A prevalent concern in the world of ecology is that species can be killed off due to non-natural causes, mainly as a result of the human population’s negative effect. This, at least, was a major concern for the wolf species as its population continued to decline.

They have distinctly high pitched alarm calls that signal the threat of predators that target their young. From the documentary, this specie seems to reside in both the dry forest and lush rainforests. They rely heavily on scent marking to identify their home range. Their locomotion is leaping from tree to tree. In terms of their young, the offspring suckles for three to months but as they grow, tend to explore more and more. When twins are born it indicates a rich supply of food. In particular, they eat mud from termite mounds for nutrition and forage on the ground eating spiders, and pods of trees, leaves, shoots, and

All are carniverous and have four pair of walking legs, one pair of pedipalps, and one pair of chelicerae. (Spiders, W.Shear) Each chelicerae consists of a base and a fang.