Spiny Orb Weaver facts: the spikiest of spiders | Animal Fact Files
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On this episode of Animal Fact Files discover a spikey spider who really doesn't mean any harm.
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Credits via Youtube:
ice327 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fT-lBVJtETI
Credits via Flickr:
Karunakar Rayker - https://www.flickr.com/photos/krayker/2628659984
Bob Peterson - https://www.flickr.com/photos/pondapple/6704664509; https://www.flickr.com/photos/pondapple/11169779245
Graham Winterflood - https://www.flickr.com/photos/126953422@N04/43186301231
Pavel Kirillov - https://www.flickr.com/photos/pasha_k/16828632191; https://www.flickr.com/photos/74834643@N07/8402081975
John Perry - https://www.flickr.com/photos/cantanima/9754595332
Peter and Michelle S - https://www.flickr.com/photos/pjs42/4689078577; https://www.flickr.com/photos/pjs42/4670399564
L'eau Bleue - https://www.flickr.com/photos/marcbanksphotos/2792997860
Ryan Abel - https://www.flickr.com/photos/generalantilles/5999653467
Earth-Bound Misft, I - https://www.flickr.com/photos/vinodmurali/4323689111
Miguel Pérez - https://www.flickr.com/photos/116158297@N06/14044019586
giovzaid85 - https://www.flickr.com/photos/diazseptsix/5940340318
Andrea Westmoreland - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Harpist_-_Flickr_-_Andrea_Westmoreland.jpg
Graham Wise - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Micrathena_raimondi_(14515676421).jpg
Hunter Desportes - https://www.flickr.com/photos/hdport/9786540462; https://www.flickr.com/photos/hdport/9786804543; https://www.flickr.com/photos/hdport/9786804893
Judy Gallagher - https://www.flickr.com/photos/52450054@N04/32525764145
Charles Lam - https://www.flickr.com/photos/kclama/282887785
John - https://www.flickr.com/photos/8373783@N07/3199694493
Bernard Dupont - https://www.flickr.com/photos/berniedup/11908039605; https://www.flickr.com/photos/berniedup/7787261960
Malcolm Tattersall - https://www.flickr.com/photos/malcolm_nq/30441988753
Credits via Wiki Users:
Surfer43 - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gasteracantha_cancriformis_mating_in_Summer.webm
Nashville Farrell - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Close_Up_Of_Spiny_Orb_Weaver_Spider_Eating_a_Butterfly.jpg
Ianaré Sévi - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Anolis_sagrei_vs_Gasteracantha_cancriformis_close.jpg
IzzyM - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Spiny_Orb_Spider_photo_by_IzzyM_7.JPG
Karz09 - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gasteracantha_-_Spiny_orb-weavers.jpg
Mok431322 - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Spiny_Orb_Weaver.JPG
Akio Tanikawa - https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fichier:Thelacantha_brevispina_male_-_Tanikawa.jpg
Websites used for research collection:
https://books.google.com/books?id=uW9cOblnpEoC
https://books.google.com/books?id=AugAvBfYTh4C
http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/in324
https://wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/323
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http://www.arachne.org.au/01_cms/details.asp?ID=2375
http://www.arachne.org.au/01_cms/details.asp?ID=2537
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/272098682_Redescription_of_the_orb-weaving_spider_Gasteracantha_geminata_Fabricius_1798_Araneae_Araneidae
https://bugguide.net/node/view/1982
https://www.mnn.com/earth-matters/animals/blogs/spectacular-world-spiny-orb-weaver-spiders
https://www.sciencenews.org/article/these-spiders-may-have-worlds-fastest-body-clocks
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0003347201918342
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1442-9993.1997.tb00670.x
http://journals.fcla.edu/flaent/article/view/56672
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1744-7429.2006.00254.x
http://journals.fcla.edu/flaent/article/view/56662
https://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Gasteracantha_cancriformis/
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