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How does the world look through a spider’s eyes?

How does the world look through a spider’s eyes?

Spiders - are they really more afraid of you than you are of them?

08.10.2025 7

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Christopher Terrell Nield

In defence of slugs

Slugs. They eat your lettuces, chew your cabbages, defoliate your dahlias and assassinate your asters. Even the name “slug” is unpleasant. It comes...

04.09.2024 6

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Christopher Terrell Nield

Would you trust an ant to amputate your limb? Science is showing they are skilled surgeons

An insect bites off another insect’s leg. Is this predatory behaviour, aggression, defence, competition or something else? In the case of carpenter...

06.08.2024 2

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Christopher Terrell Nield