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Crab spider

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(Zool.) one of a group of spiders (Laterigradæ); - called because they can run backwards or sideways like a crab.

See also: Crab



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The researchers suggest that the animal probably was an "ambush predator" like the modern-day crab spider, lying in wait for prey to come close.
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Life-forms such as the flying colugo, red crab spiders, blue birds of paradise and the parasitic fungi cordyceps, which have developed unique survival abilities, are also observed.
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