Is it an ant? Is it a plant? No, it's a spider combining camouflage and movement mimicry

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May 17, 2023, 3:00 pm102 pts
A species of tiny, colorful jumping spider employs two lines of defense to avoid being eaten: camouflaging with plants and walking like an ant. Researchers report May 17 in the journal iScience that this combination of camouflage and movement mimicry helps the spiders evade spider-eating spiders but does not…

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