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Madagascar's elusive shell-squatting spider filmed
Small Spider Lifts Snail Shell Up Tree - Madagascar - BBC Two
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Published on Feb 11, 2011
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Unique behaviour as a snail shell spider hoists an empty shell up high to safety. Narrated by David Attenborough.
BBC
Published on Feb 11, 2011
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Unique behaviour as a snail shell spider hoists an empty shell up high to safety. Narrated by David Attenborough.
From http://news.bbc.co.uk/earth/hi/earth_news/newsid_9385000/9385482.stm
Madagascar's elusive shell-squatting spider filmed
By Ella Davies
Earth News reporter
Sir David Attenborough describes the fascinating behaviour of the spider Olios coenobitus
An elusive spider that lives in snail shells suspended from bushes has been caught on camera by a BBC film crew.
Olios coenobitus was first discovered in 1926 but few studies have been made of it in the wild since.
New footage reveals how the spiders hoist snail shells off the ground using silk threads and shelter inside them.
The team filming for BBC Two series Madagascar believe this is the first footage to show how the spiders protect themselves from predators.
...
By Ella Davies
Earth News reporter
Sir David Attenborough describes the fascinating behaviour of the spider Olios coenobitus
An elusive spider that lives in snail shells suspended from bushes has been caught on camera by a BBC film crew.
Olios coenobitus was first discovered in 1926 but few studies have been made of it in the wild since.
New footage reveals how the spiders hoist snail shells off the ground using silk threads and shelter inside them.
The team filming for BBC Two series Madagascar believe this is the first footage to show how the spiders protect themselves from predators.
...
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