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03-09-2016, 09:04 AM
Newly-discovered spider named Brian rides waves to hunt prey
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The World Science Festival kicked off in Brisbane Wednesday with a uniquely*Australian touch. Sitting centre stage at the opening was "Brian," a young male*spider from a newly discovered species, the dolomedes briangreenei.
The species was named in ho**ur of re**wned string theorist and World Science*Festival co-founder, Professor Brian Greene.
SEE ALSO: 'Ugly' animals don't get the same attention as cute ones, study proves (http://mashable.com/2016/03/07/ugly-mammals-australia/)
The dolomedes briangreenei is endemic to fresh water streams around Brisbane*and uses vibrations — or waves — on the surface of the water to hunt its prey.
"These spiders sit there on the water and then all of a sudden an insect will hit*the water and the spider races out to get it, grabs it, dives under the water and*then swims back to the shore and starts eating it," Robert Raven, Principal*Scientist of Arach**logy at the Queensland Museum, told Mashable Australia. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/03/09/water-spider-brian/)
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The World Science Festival kicked off in Brisbane Wednesday with a uniquely*Australian touch. Sitting centre stage at the opening was "Brian," a young male*spider from a newly discovered species, the dolomedes briangreenei.
The species was named in ho**ur of re**wned string theorist and World Science*Festival co-founder, Professor Brian Greene.
SEE ALSO: 'Ugly' animals don't get the same attention as cute ones, study proves (http://mashable.com/2016/03/07/ugly-mammals-australia/)
The dolomedes briangreenei is endemic to fresh water streams around Brisbane*and uses vibrations — or waves — on the surface of the water to hunt its prey.
"These spiders sit there on the water and then all of a sudden an insect will hit*the water and the spider races out to get it, grabs it, dives under the water and*then swims back to the shore and starts eating it," Robert Raven, Principal*Scientist of Arach**logy at the Queensland Museum, told Mashable Australia. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/03/09/water-spider-brian/)
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