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Big spiders kill little spiders with fear


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For most of us, scared to death is just a piddly phrase. But for small, inferior wolf spiders, being scared to death means dying. As in dead.

Big wolf spiders eat littler ones. Now it turns out even the thought of bullies can drive the poor guys to starvation, weight loss, and ultimately, death.

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