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Monday, July 7, 2008

Frog Fishing

Another case of inverts vs. a backboned aquatic beast...
Fishing spiders (Dolomedes genus) hunt for fish and frogs from low branches and overhangs.



More Arachnid dinner tales to come....
Until then I believe this makes it Inverts 13: Verts 4

3 comments:

  1. Now they're just racking up the score.

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  2. Yes silly walking vertebrates should never have developed legs. Much better as fish I say. Plus spiders are damn cool. I think its 13 Inv 5 verts though with the puffer eating the lobster?

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  3. Yes silly walking vertebrates should never have developed legs. Much better as fish I say. Plus spiders are damn cool. I think its 13 Inv 5 verts though with the puffer eating the lobster?

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