Ogre-Faced Spiders Can Hear With Their Legs, Study Finds

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By Olivia RosaneOct 30, 2020, 12:00 pm171 pts
Just in time for Halloween, scientists at Cornell University have published some frightening research, especially if you're an insect! The ghoulishly named ogre-faced spider can "hear" with its legs and use that ability to catch insects flying behind it, the study published in Current Biology Thursday…

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