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CamperBob2 on Dec 19, 2012 | parent | context | favorite | on: Spider That Builds Its Own Spider Decoys Discovere...

It would be interesting to amputate a leg from the spider in infancy and see if it creates a seven-legged simulacrum as an adult.

jayflux on Dec 19, 2012 [–]

Spiders legs grow back when you remove a leg from them.

andrewflnr on Dec 20, 2012 | [–]

Really? I'm pretty sure that's not true. I think I would have heard about it when I went through one of my spider-fascination phases.

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